Tag: cover-up

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News

SNAP asks governor to order state investigation of church

KATC SNAP State Church Title: SNAP asks governor to order state investigation of church Author: KATC News Publisher: KATC Date: 26MAY2020 The Louisiana chapter of SNAP has asked Gov. John Bel Edwards to direct State Police to investigate the Catholic Church. The organization, which represents and speaks for survivors of sexual abuse by priests, believes

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Madonnina
Blog

Father Mark White and the Streisand Effect

Mark White McCarrick Streisand Title: Father Mark White and the Streisand Effect Author: Publisher: Henry County Enterprise Date: 20MAY2020 Back when I was a full-time journalist, I did several interviews with Father Mark White, the pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Martinsville and St. Francis of Assisi in Rocky Mount. Generally speaking, when a

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Madonnina
Popes

The miracle John Paul II has yet to accomplish

Saint Clerical Abuse Coverups Title: The miracle John Paul II has yet to accomplish Author: Peter Isely Publisher: National Catholic Reporter NCROnline Date: 29APR2011 COMMENTARY Official history, Camus once observed, is written by those who make history, not those who suffer from it. Almost 20 years ago, A group of some 30 survivors of childhood

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News

Secret bishops’ report calls for radical revamp of Catholic Church

Secret Catholic Bishops Australia Title: Secret bishops’ report calls for radical revamp of Catholic Church Author: Farrah Tomazin Publisher: The Age Date: 21MAY2020 Australia’s Catholic Church could be dramatically overhauled to give lay people more power, increase the number of women in leadership roles and force parishes to open up their finances to the public.

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Madonnina
Opinion

The Gift of John Paul II

Saint John Paul II Title: The Gift of John Paul II Author: Stephen P. White Publication: The Catholic Thing via Ethics and Public Policy Center. Date: 14MAY2020 Next Monday, May 18, marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Karol Wojtyła. Pope Francis will mark the occasion by celebrating Mass at the saint’s tomb in St.

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Child Sexual Abuse

Paedophile Offender: Brother Stephen Farrell

Paedophile Brother Stephen Farrell Title: Paedophile Offender: Brother Stephen Farrell Publisher: Kelso Lawyers website Date: 20MAY2020 n the 1970s, St Alipius Primary School in Ballarat was a “nest of paedophiles”. The school had some of Victoria’s most prolific paedophiles on their staff. Former Brother Edward Dowlan (now Ted Bales) and the school principal, Brother Robert

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News

Lawsuit: Man alleges Allentown Diocese priests sexually abused, tortured him in church basement in the 1970s

McGettigan Allentown Clerical Abuse Title: Lawsuit: Man alleges Allentown Diocese priests sexually abused, tortured him in church basement in the 1970s Author: Laurie Mason Schroeder Publisher: The Morning Call Date: 20MAY2020 A Texas man is suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown and one of its churches, St. Catharine of Siena in Reading, claiming he

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Madonnina
Child Sexual Abuse

Victims of clerical sex abuse suffer from P.T.S.D. They deserve better treatment.

Clerical sex abuse PTSD Title: Victims of clerical sex abuse suffer from P.T.S.D. They deserve better treatment. Author: Edwin T Collins Publisher: America Media Date: 19MAY2020 Oceans of ink have been spilled about the church’s sexual abuse crisis, mostly focusing on the perpetrators and cover-ups. The magnitude of the crimes deserves attention and condemnation, but

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News

New Australian report may help church find its way out of abuse crisis

Light From Southern Cross Title: New Australian report may help church find its way out of abuse crisis Author: Massimo Faggioli Publisher: NCROnline Date: 19MAY2020 There are signs that the Catholic Church’s response to the sexual abuse crisis is now getting at deeper, institutional questions. In particular, how local churches — parishes and dioceses —

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Vatican

Polish archbishop refers child sex abuse case to Vatican

Hide Seek Sekielski Brothers Title: Polish archbishop refers child sex abuse case to Vatican Publisher: BBC News Date: 16MAY2020 The head of Poland’s Roman Catholic Church has said he is asking the Vatican to investigate the cover-up of child sexual abuse by priests. Archbishop Wojciech Polak called on the Church hierarchy to “launch proceedings” following

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