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Maria Goretti Network chapters offer safe place for healing after abuse
- Oct 2, 2019
In a world filled with vengeance, support for abuse victims of any type to find hope and forgiveness is in short supply.

By Aprille Hanson
New report shows over half of children in Cameroon face abuse
- Sep 30, 2019
A new report on child abuse in Cameroon shows that over 50 percent of Cameroon’s children have suffered various forms of abuse, with children with disabilities suffering proportionally far worse.

By Crux Staff
Pell verdict an emotional, polarizing case for Australians
- Aug 23, 2019
When an Australian court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of Cardinal George Pell for abusing minors, the ruling drew mixed reactions from Australians ranging from celebration, to tears, and for some, a desire to simply move on.

By Elise Harris

Measure would lift confessional seal if penitent confesses to abuse
- Feb 25, 2019
Under California state Democratic Sen. Jerry Hill’s new bill, Catholic priests would be “mandatory reporters” if a person confesses to them they have sexually abused someone.

By Catholic News Service
African nun says it’s time for her bishops to face abuse, listen to victims
- Feb 14, 2019
An African nun who recently graduated from a course on safeguarding minors has said that ready or not, her culture must face up to the fact that clerical sexual abuse is a problem, and bishops must start listening to victims.

By Elise Harris
Government inquiry documents abuse at Catholic orphanages in Scotland
- Oct 12, 2018
A new report published Thursday in Scotland shows that children suffered abuse at two children’s care homes run by a Catholic religious order, both of which have been closed for decades.

By Charles Collins

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