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Italian victim feels ‘defeated’ after Vatican’s secretive trial of alleged abuser

Church in Europe
Apr 4, 2019

An Italian clerical abuse victim is disappointed after Vatican promises of transparency for the ecclesiastical trial of his alleged abuser are betrayed.

Official denies diocese knew of abuse charges against ‘Archangel’

Church in Europe
Feb 22, 2019

After two years of on the ground reporting about the head of a lay Catholic groups charged with sexual abuse of minors, the local diocese of Acireale finally opend it doors.

Abuse victim who chained himself to Vatican finds closure in meeting

Church in Europe, Vatican
Feb 15, 2019

An Italian clerical sexual abuse survivor gained access to the Vatican after chaining himself to its entrance.

Youngstown bishop releases names of clergy credibly accused of abuse

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Nov 3, 2018

Bishop George V. Murry of Youngstown has announced the names of 31 clergy and one religious brother who served in the diocese since its founding in 1943 who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse of a minor.

Witnesses await Church sex abuse report with hope for change

Associated Press, Church in the US
Jul 7, 2018

Dozens of witnesses testified in the Pennsylvania state attorney general’s two-year grand jury investigation that victim advocates expect will produce the largest and most exhaustive clergy sexual abuse report by a U.S. state.

Push for legislation to follow Pennsylvania report on church sex abuse

Associated Press, Church in the US
Jun 13, 2018

A renewed push for legislation to abolish Pennsylvania’s statute of limitations in sex abuse cases will follow the publication of a sweeping grand jury report on allegations of child sexual abuse and cover-ups within six Catholic dioceses around the state, a lawmaker said Tuesday.