Francis Sullivan Cover Up Title: The cover up culture in the Church on child sexual abuse had had “an insidious effect”. Author: Sarah MacDonald Publisher: The Tablet Date: 17FEB2022 The former chief executive of the Catholic Church’s Truth, Justice and Healing Council which oversaw the Church’s response to Australia’s Royal Commission into child sexual abuse
Timor Leste Paedophile Priest Title: Timor-Leste: Political leadership, patriarchal relationships, and the paedophile priest Author: Sara Niner Publisher: Lens.Monash.Edu Date: 26FEB2021 Xanana Gusmao’s recent contrived jovial participation in the birthday celebrations of “self-professed” paedophile and defrocked foreign priest Richard Daschach has shocked many of his supporters, not least his Australian former wife and three Timorese-Australian sons
Catholic Sexual Abuse Crisis Title: After the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse crisis, female theologians are calling for changes to leadership Author: Siobhan Hegarty Publisher: ABC News Date: 16AUG2020 Sixty per cent of churchgoers in Australia are women, yet in the decision-making ranks of the Catholic Church, female voices are largely absent. The lack of women
Shed Prejudice Women’s Leadership Title: Cardinal Gracias: Church must ‘shed prejudice’ against women’s leadership Author: Joshua J. McElwee Publisher: National Catholic Reporter Date: 24FEB2020 VATICAN CITY — One of the six members of Pope Francis’ advisory Council of Cardinals has acknowledged a bias among the members of the Catholic Church’s all-male hierarchy against giving women
Pope Francis Complex Legacy Title: When it came to curbing sexual abuse, Pope Francis was neither a hero nor a villain Author: Sara Larson Publisher: Religion News Service Date: 23APR2025 (RNS) — I am grateful for the ways Francis moved us forward; I’m also deeply disappointed in the ways he let us down. As a
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 Ellis Defence Title: ‘He didn’t even look me in the eye’: one survivor on how George Pell chose the church over children Author: Christopher Knaus Publisher: The Guardian Date: 13JAN2023 Abused by a priest as an altar boy, then re-traumatised when he tried to sue the Catholic church, John Ellis is in a
Voice of the Faithful Title: Voice of the Faithful puts children first with new study of diocesean child protection efforts By: RNS Press Release Distribution Service Publisher: Religion News Service (RNS) Date: 29APR2022 Voice of the Faithful completes the first independent, online review of diocesan compliance with child protection guidelines; average score, 67% BOSTON —
Benedict Apology Falls Short Title: Abuse survivors say Benedict apology falls short Author: Elise Ann Allen Publisher: Crux Date: 09FEB2022 ROME – Abuse survivors have criticized retired Pope Benedict XVI’s apology Tuesday for his failures in handling the abuse crisis, saying his refusal to admit wrongdoing in several cases while archbishop of Munich is disappointing
German Church Cardinal Marx Title: For years, Cardinal Marx has been face of Catholic Church in Germany Author: Anli Serfontein Publisher: Crux Date: 30JAN2022 BERLIN — No other German bishop has dominated Catholic life in Germany as much in recent years as Cardinal Reinhard Marx, who announced he will stay on as archbishop of Munich