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UN investigators call on Vatican to do more to stop abuse

United Nations Mandatory Reporting Title: UN investigators call on Vatican to do more to stop abuse Author: Cindy Wooden (Catholic News Service CNS) Publisher: National Catholic Reporter (NCROnline) Date: 22JUN2021 VATICAN CITY — While acknowledging Vatican-mandated reforms in the handling of clerical sexual abuse, four U.N. special rapporteurs urged the Vatican to make it mandatory that church officials

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UN experts urge Catholic Church to act against sexual abuse, provide reparations

Office Of High Commissioner Title: UN experts urge Catholic Church to act against sexual abuse, provide reparations Author: OHCHR Staff Publisher: OHCHR.Org United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner Date:  21JUN2021 GENEVA (21 June 2021) – UN human rights experts* urged the Holy See to take all necessary measures to stop and prevent

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Statement by UN ‘experts’ seeks to discredit the Holy See

United Nations Child Rights Title: Statement by UN ‘experts’ seeks to discredit the Holy See Author: Andrea Gagliarducci Publisher: Catholic News Agency Date: 20JUN2021 A group of U.N. “experts” is expected to issue a statement aimed at forcing the Holy See and the Catholic Church to surrender to abortion and gender ideology, under the guise

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‘Bravo to Louisiana’: Governor removes deadlines for child sex abuse suits

Catholic Church Abuse Scandal Title: ‘Bravo to Louisiana’: Governor removes deadlines for child sex abuse suits Author: Ramon Antonio Vargas Publisher: Nola.com Date: 14JUN2021 Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed a legislative bill removing legal deadlines for child sex abuse victims to sue for damages, awarding a major victory to survivors of the Roman

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Former Christian Brother Ted Bales admits to abusing another 19 children

Christian Brother Ted Bales Title: Former Christian Brother Ted Bales admits to abusing another 19 children Author: Adam Cooper Publisher: The Age Date: 11Jun2021 Convicted paedophile and former Christian Brother Ted Bales has pleaded guilty to abusing 19 children in the 1970s and 1980s, bringing to 50 his total number of confirmed victims.Bales on Friday

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Pope Francis rejects Cardinal Marx’s offer of resignation, calls on all bishops to take responsibility for the abuse crisis

Pope Rejects Marx Resignation Title: Pope Francis rejects Cardinal Marx’s offer of resignation, calls on all bishops to take responsibility for the abuse crisis Author: Gerard O’Connell Publisher: America Magazine (America Media) Date: 10JUN2021 Pope Francis has rejected Cardinal Reinhard Marx’s offer of resignation and told him to continue as archbishop of Munich and Freising

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New Vatican document ‘very disappointing’, says campaigner

Marie Collins Zero Tolerance Title: New Vatican document ‘very disappointing’, says campaigner Author: Vivienne Clarke Publisher: The Irish Times Date: 02JUN2021 Veteran campaigner Marie Collins has expressed her disappointment at the changes to the Catholic Church’s penal code announced by the Vatican on Tuesday. The new rules will force bishops to take action action against

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Pope, Canadian Cardinals meet amid calls for church to act on residential schools

Pope Francis Canadian Cardinals Title: Pope, Canadian Cardinals meet amid calls for church to act on residential schools Author: The Canadian Press Staff Publisher: CTV News Date: 05JUN2021 Pope Francis met with two Canadian Cardinals on Saturday amid mounting pressure on the Catholic Church to take responsibility for Canada’s residential school system, though it’s not

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Cardinal Marx offers Pope Francis his resignation, citing ‘responsibility for the catastrophe of sexual abuse’

Cardinal Reinhard Marx Resignation Title: Cardinal Marx offers Pope Francis his resignation, citing ‘responsibility for the catastrophe of sexual abuse’ Author: Gerard O’Connell Publisher: America Media/America Magazine Date: 04JUN2021 In a decision that has sent shock waves through the German Catholic Church, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, 67, the archbishop of Munich and Freising, revealed that on

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