NFL Saints Clergy Damage Control Title: NFL emails reveal extent of Saints’ damage control for clergy sex abuse crisis Authors: Jim Mustian and Brett Martel Publication: Associated Press Date: 04FEB2025 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As New Orleans church leaders braced for the fallout from publishing a list of predatory Catholic priests, they turned to an
New Zealand Catholic Bishops Title: Theologian: New Zealand Catholic bishops bungle response to clergy abuse Author: Christopher Longhurst Publisher: National Catholic Reporter (NCROnline) Date: 20DEC2024 Earlier this year, New Zealand’s Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care found that “Catholic Church leaders have not been accountable or transparent to their congregations and the broader community
Clergy Abuse Survivors Respond Title: Clergy abuse survivors hit out at moves to ban protests outside Australian places of worship Authors: Christopher Knaus & Mostafa Rachwani Publisher: The Guardian Australia Date: 13DEC2014 Survivors of clergy abuse have expressed deep concern at proposals to ban protests outside places of worship, with lawyer John Ellis saying a blanket
George Pell Failed Children Title: How George Pell failed child sex abuse victims: the full findings of the royal commission report Author: Timothy W. Jones, Latrobe University Publisher: The Conversation Date: 17MAY2020 Significant sections of the final report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse were released today. When the report
Christopher Saunders Charged Title: Former bishop of Broome Christopher Saunders charged over historical sexual abuse allegations Author: Sarah Keszler and Chris Reason Publisher: 7News Date: 22FEB2024 The former bishop of Broome Christopher Saunders has been charged with a number of historical child sexual abuse offences following a 7NEWS investigation. The 74-year-old senior Catholic cleric was arrested at his
Vatican’s problematic abuse process Title: The Vatican’s problematic process to address clergy sex abuse cases, explained Author: Nicole Winfield Publisher: Associated Press Date: 20Feb2024 VATICAN CITY (AP) — One afternoon in mid–December, Pope Francis had a meeting that wasn’t on his official agenda or otherwise recorded, that underscored the utter dysfunction of the Catholic Church’s response
What if Vatican Goes Broke Title: What if the Vatican actually goes broke? Author: Ed Condon Publisher: The Pillar Catholic Date: 16FEB2024 The Holy See is, by its own accounting, in serious financial straits. While some curial asset managers have begun to show modest-to-moderate returns in recent years, donations remain down and the Vatican is
George Pell Accuser’s Father Title: Catholic church loses high court bid to prevent father of George Pell accuser suing for damages Author: Emily Woods Publisher: Guardian Australia/AAP Date: 08FEB2024 Australia’s highest court has rejected the Catholic church’s bid to avoid paying damages to the father of a choirboy allegedly sexually abused by Cardinal George Pell.
Pope Francis Vangheluwe Belgium Title: Belgian Church official warns Vangheluwe case could mar papal visit Author: Luke Coppen Publisher: The Pillar Catholic Date: 31JAN2024 A Belgian Church official has told a parliamentary committee that the Vatican’s failure to laicize a bishop who admitted to abuse threatens to overshadow Pope Francis’ scheduled visit to the country. Archbishop Luc
Cardinal Pell Looking Back Title: Cardinal Pell – Looking Back Author: Bishop Pat Buckley Publisher: Bishop Pat Buckley blog Date: 18JAN2023 GEORGE PELL HAS BEEN AND WILL ALWAYS BE CONTROVERSIAL.The decision to have him lie in state in the Cathedral in Sydney, have a Mass attended by thousands, and then buried in the Cathedral crypt