Even Sheen has to pass muster for handling abuse cases, Baltimore prelate says
- Dec 7, 2019
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Australian government revising religious discrimination legislation
- Dec 6, 2019
The Australian government has decided to revisit its religious discrimination legislation after key religious groups — including the Archdiocese of Sydney — said they would withdraw their support.
Australian court to say if will hear Cardinal Pell’s appeal
- Nov 11, 2019
The most senior Catholic to be found guilty of sexually abusing children will learn this week whether Australia’s highest court will hear his appeal against convictions for molesting two choirboys in a Melbourne cathedral two decades ago.
Australia to amend religious freedom bills to consider health facilities
- Oct 17, 2019
The Australian government said it will make changes to religious freedom legislation concerning religious hospitals and aged-care facilities, after the Catholic Church pushed for changes to a recently released draft legislation package.
Australian states to have priests report abuse disclosed in confession
- Sep 26, 2019
The Australian states of Victoria and Tasmania have become the latest in the country to pass legislation criminalizing priests who fail to report the abuse of children disclosed during confession.
New admission by diocese could cost Australian Church millions in claims
- Sep 13, 2019
The Australian Catholic Church could face tens of millions of dollars in compensation claims after the Diocese of Ballarat in Victoria state admitted, for the first time, it knew of the behavior of a pedophile priest yet continued to move him around from parish to parish.
Some Australians fear religious freedom laws won’t give enough protection
- Aug 28, 2019
The Australian government is preparing to introduce the country’s first religious freedom laws, but some senior Catholic clerics are concerned they may not go far enough.
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