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Instruction Crimen Sollicitationis
Kieran Tapsell

Potiphar’s Wife 2nd Edition by Kieran Tapsell

Potiphar’s Wife 2nd Edition Title: Potiphar’s Wife – The Vatican’s Secret and Child Sexual Abuse 2nd Edition Author: Kieran Tapsell Publisher: C & F Press Date: 04DEC2024 Book overview For 1,500 years, the Catholic Church accepted that child sexual abuse was not only a sin but a civil crime, deserving of imprisonment and worse. From the

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Opinion

Vatican’s handling of Jesuit priest shows new dimensions of never-ending abuse crisis

Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik Title: Vatican’s handling of Jesuit priest shows new dimensions of never-ending abuse crisis Author: Massimo Faggioli Publisher: National Catholic Reporter Date: 21DEC2022 On Dec. 2, the global Jesuit order confirmed reports made in several conservative Italian Catholic blogs that Slovenian Jesuit Fr. Marko Rupnik, a famous Rome-based artist, had been quietly

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Child Sexual Abuse

MacKillop banished after uncovering sex abuse

Mary MacKillop Clergy Abuse Title: MacKillop banished after uncovering sex abuse Author: ABC Staff Publisher: ABC News Date: 24SEP2010 Updated: 07OCT2010 Mary MacKillop, the nun who will soon be Australia’s first Catholic saint, was excommunicated by the church because she discovered children were being abused by a priest and went public, the ABC’s Compass program

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Accused Priest Excommunicated

Father Jeremy Leatherby Excommunicated Title: Accused Priest Excommunicated Author: William Mahoney Publisher: Church Militant Date: 13AUG2020 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (ChurchMilitant.com) – A video of a recently excommunicated priest amorously speaking to an unidentified woman is causing others to come forward with more information on his pattern of sexual abuse. In a statement published on Friday, Bp.

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Popes

In new biography, Pope Benedict says world threatened by humanism

Pope Benedict XVI Seewald Title: In new biography, Pope Benedict says world threatened by humanism Publisher: Catholic News Service Date: 04MAY2020 MUNICH (CNS) — In a newly published biography, Retired Pope Benedict XVI said the Catholic Church is threatened by a “worldwide dictatorship of seemingly humanist ideologies.” He cited same-sex marriage, abortion and the “creation

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Removal of ‘pontifical secret’ in clerical sex abuse trials a step forward for justice

Pontifical Secret Marie Collins Title: Removal of ‘pontifical secret’ in clerical sex abuse trials a step forward for justice Author: Marie Collins Publication: The Irish Times Date: 18FEB2020 On the December 17th last the Vatican announced that the “pontifical secret” would no longer be applied to canon law trials involving clerical sexual offences. Many people were unaware of

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Pope ends a secrecy rule for Catholic sexual abuse cases, but for victims many barriers to justice remain

Author: Christine P. Bartholomew Publication: The Conversation Date: 13JAN2020 Pope Francis recently removed one of the barriers facing sex abuse victims looking for justice – the “Rule of Pontifical Secrecy.” The rule is an obligation under the church’s laws to keep sensitive information regarding the Catholic Church’s governance strictly confidential. This rule allowed church officials to withhold

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Pontifical Secret The Biggest wart of all
Kieran Tapsell

The Catholic Church and Child Sexual Abuse: It’s Time To Come Clean

Tapsell Child Sexual Abuse Author: Kieran Tapsell Publication: CatholicsForRenewal.org Date: 20OCT2014 Historically, the Church’s canon law for 1500 years reflected a serious and consistent attitude to child sexual abuse. It was always a sin, but by the 4th century the Church started to regard it as a crime punishable in this life. The first Church

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Canon Law

Sex, Lies and Secret Codes (Extract) Page 47 plus endnotes

Sex lies secret codes Title: Sex, lies and Secret Codes Extract from Sex, Lies and Secret Codes page 47 plus endnotes Author: Doyle, Sipe and Wall Publication: Volt Press Date: 2006 The Vatican Secret Directive The Vatican issued legislation in 1922 about solicitation and other forms of clergy sexual crime and again in 1962 when

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