Month: July 2020

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News

Ex-Philly priest pleads guilty to decades-old sex assaults of altar boys

Philadelphia Francis Trauger Guilty Title: Ex-Philly priest pleads guilty to decades-old sex assaults of altar boys Author: Vinny Vella The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS) Publisher: Herald-Mail Media Date: 08JUL2020 PHILADELPHIA — After decades of dodging allegations of abusing children, a disgraced former Catholic priest pleaded guilty Wednesday to molesting two altar boys in Bucks County decades

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Polish Church faces reckoning over sex abuse

Polish Church Abuse Reckoning Title: Polish Church faces reckoning over sex abuse Author: Anna Maria Jakubek                  {Agence-France Press (AFP)} Publisher:  Yahoo News via AFP Date: 08JUL2020 Jakub Pankowiak’s story of sexual abuse by a priest is part of a documentary called “Hide and Seek”. Jakub Pankowiak’s story of

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Guardian Angels: Safeguarding minors is a mandate, not a choice

Guardian Angels Safeguarding minors Title: Guardian Angels: Safeguarding minors is a mandate, not a choice Author: Carol Glatz Publisher: The Pilot (Boston) via Catholic News Service Date: 02JUL2020 VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Concern and frustration with delayed and failed responses to abuse scandals in Poland culminated in a desperate appeal to Pope Francis to help

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Albany Diocese adds deceased Capital Region priest to list of offenders

Priest Jupin Clergy Abuse Title: Albany Diocese adds deceased Capital Region priest to list of offenders Author: Cayla Harris Publisher: Times Union Date: 07JUL2020 Rev. Alan Jupin, who died in 2019, allegedly molested five minors in ’70s, ’80s, ’90s ALBANY – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany  on Tuesday added Rev. Alan Jupin – who

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Opinion

Isolated Pope Francis Faces Yet Another Setback in Pandemic

Pope Francis Vatican Scandals Title: Isolated Pope Francis Faces Yet Another Setback in Pandemic Author: Francis X. Rocca Publisher: The Wall Street Journal Date: 07JUL2020 Coronavirus comes as the Vatican has struggled in recent years with scandals and financial woes VATICAN CITY—The world-wide restrictions on public events to deal with the coronavirus pandemic are the latest

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Victim of clergy abuse says Archdiocese tried to keep settlement details secret, against its own rules

Bourgeois Secret Abuse Settlement Title: Victim of clergy abuse says Archdiocese tried to keep settlement details secret, against its own rules Author: David Hammer Publisher: WWL-TV Date: 06JUL2020 A Church code adopted by the U.S. Conference of Bishops specifically forbids the Archdiocese from muzzling victims about their settlements. NEW ORLEANS — As the Archdiocese of New

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Clergy abuse victim says Archdiocese filed for bankruptcy to keep settlement details secret

Kevin Bourgeois Secret Settlement Title: Clergy abuse victim says Archdiocese filed for bankruptcy to keep settlement details secret Author: wwltv.com Publisher: wwltv.com Date: 06JUL2020 A Church code adopted by the U.S. Conference of Bishops specifically forbids the Archdiocese from muzzling victims about their settlements. For more information visit: https://www.wwltv.com/mobile/video/news/investigations/david-hammer/clergy-abuse-victim-says-archdiocese-filed-bankruptcy-to-keep-settlement-details-secret/289-e87b3d1c-2618-47c3-90c8-4d29c9497245

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Attorneys for alleged church sex abuse victims file motion asking court to dismiss Archdiocese of New Orleans bankruptcy case

Vatican Secret Archives Bankruptcy Title:  Attorneys for alleged church sex abuse victims file motion asking court to dismiss Archdiocese of New Orleans bankruptcy case Author: Kimberly Curth Publisher: Fox8Live Date: 06JUL2020 NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) -Alleged victims of clergy sex abuse want the New Orleans Archdiocese bankruptcy case dismissed. Attorneys for those survivors claim the

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Church should empower victims to disclose abuse

Charles Scicluna Pontifical Secret Title: Church should empower victims to disclose abuse Author: Juliet Palmer Publisher: CathNews NZ Pacific Date:  06JUL2020 The Catholic Church needs to empower victims of clerical abuse to disclose their predicament, says Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna. It’s been more than a year since Pope Francis published “Vos Est Lux Mundi (You

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