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Given abuse reforms, expert says bishops have ‘no excuse’ for failure

Hans Zollner Polish Summit Title: Given abuse reforms, expert says bishops have ‘no excuse’ for failure Author: Elise Ann Allen Publisher: Crux Date: 20SEP2021 ROME – Ahead of a three-day summit on child protection taking place in Poland against the backdrop of the country’s recent abuse scandals, perhaps Catholicism’s leading expert has said progress is

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Catholic Church in Poland Discloses Hundreds of Sexual Abuse Accusations

Abuse Poland Catholic Church Title: Catholic Church in Poland Discloses Hundreds of Sexual Abuse Accusations Author: Andrew Higgins Publisher: The New York Times Date: 28JUN2021 WARSAW — Poland’s Catholic Church, assailed by accusations that it for years ignored the sexual abuse of minors by clergy members, on Monday acknowledged that from July 2018 through the

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Polish cardinal could face jail time for failing to report abuse

Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz Poland Title: Polish cardinal could face jail time for failing to report abuse Author: Jonathan Luxmoore Publisher: NCR Online via Catholic News Service Date: 15MAR2021 OXFORD, ENGLAND — A Polish cardinal, former secretary to St. John Paul II, could face jail time after a Polish state commission accused him of ignoring sexual

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Poland becomes testing ground for Vatican’s new anti-abuse legislation

Jan Wodniak Tadeusz Rakoczy Title: Poland becomes testing ground for Vatican’s new anti-abuse legislation Author: Paulina Guzik Publisher: Crux Date: 15OCT2020 In 1984 in the town of Międzybrodzie in southwestern Poland, a boy was abused by the local parish priest for more than five years, beginning when he was 12. Today, more than thirty-six years later,

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