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- May 26, 2020
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Inquiry: Pell knew of abuse by Australian pedophile priest
- May 7, 2020
Australian Cardinal George Pell knew a priest had been moved decades ago because he had sexually abused children, and should have removed an unstable priest in another parish who was also a suspected pedophile, a government inquiry concluded.
Cardinal Pell’s appeal of abuse conviction to be heard March 11-12
- Feb 16, 2020
Cardinal George Pell will have his last chance to have his conviction for sexually abusing two 13-year old choirboys overturned when his lawyers plead his case to the High Court of Australia March 11-12.
Australian archbishop rejects breaking seal of confession for abusers
- Jan 17, 2020
The president of the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference is the latest of the country’s senior clerics to push back against legislation to lift the seal of confession for child sexual abuse.
Committee to recommend Australian bishops give laity certain controls
- Jan 16, 2020
A six-person committee charged with reviewing church governance and management is expected to present Australia’s bishops with a plan to overhaul the management of the Church in the country.
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.
Australian prelate says mandatory reporting, seal of confession not ‘mutually exclusive’
- Aug 16, 2019
Mandatory reporting of child sex abuse by religious ministers is a welcome reform, according to Archbishop Peter Comensoli of Melbourne, but the seal of confession can’t be broken for any reason.
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