Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 03:10:36 +0000
As the Vatican prepares to host a global child abuse summit on the protection of minors, victims’ associations are calling for concrete steps from the Catholic Church to end paedophilia.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 22:30:29 +0000
Pope Francis on Tuesday publicly acknowledged the scandal of priests and bishops sexually abusing nuns and vowed to do more to fight the problem, the latest sign that there is no end in sight to the Catholic Church’s abuse crisis — and that it now has a reckoning from the #MeToo movement.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 10:58:20 +0000
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s women’s magazine is denouncing the sexual abuse of nuns by priests — and the resulting “scandal” of religious sisters having abortions or giving birth to children who are then not recognized by their fathers.
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Read moreCredit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 09:32:51 +0000
Former South Korean provincial governor sentenced to 3½ years in prison on Friday on charges of sexually abusing his secretary.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 12:50:42 +0000
Finance Chief Carlos Dominguez III has admitted that he was also molested by a priest in high school.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 11:18:09 +0000
Malacañang on Sunday defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s confession that involves sexual abuse, calling it just a “laughable anecdote” the President intentionally made up to dramatize the sexual abuse he suffered from a priest when he was still a minor.
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Read moreCredit to Author: aulanday| Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 22:39:49 +0000
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s sexual abuse case against ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has expanded significantly after a man testified that the retired American archbishop sexually abused him for years starting when he was 11, including during confession. James Grein testified Thursday in New York before the judicial vicar for the New York City archdiocese, who […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 05:28:55 +0000
It has been a wretched year for Pope Francis, whose blind spot on clergy sex abuse conspired with events beyond his control to threaten his legacy.
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Credit to Author: Alex Norcia| Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 02:14:23 +0000
The latest horrific revelations of sexual abuse unpunished show, yet again, that the Church’s first tactic is to make excuses and hide.
Read moreCredit to Author: ccepeda| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 07:36:44 +0000
The sexual assault woke the female passenger; she discovered her pants unbuttoned and unzipped. She asked for help from flight attendants.
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