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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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Analysis: What does Cardinal Farrell’s promotion say about the McCarrick report?

Cardinal Farrell McCarrick Report Title: Analysis: What does Cardinal Farrell’s promotion say about the McCarrick report? Author: JD Flynn Publisher: Catholic News Agency Date:  13OCT2020 Cardinal Kevin Farrell was appointed last week to lead a small committee charged with scrutinizing high-level Vatican financial decisions not governed by ordinary Vatican oversight norms. Because of Farrell’s background,

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Pope Francis Meets With Australian Nuncio, Amid 700k-Euro Bank Transfer Allegation

Pope Francis Becciu Pell Title: Pope Francis Meets With Australian Nuncio, Amid 700k-Euro Bank Transfer Allegation Author: Edward Pentin Publisher: National Catholic Register Date: 06OCT2020 An Italian newspaper speculated that the transfer of funds from Cardinal Angelo Becciu’s department was used to bribe false witnesses in the trial of Cardinal George Pell. VATICAN CITY —

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Analysis: Two years after McCarrick investigation began, report not yet in sight

Where’s the McCarrick Report? Title: Analysis: Two years after McCarrick investigation began, report not yet in sight Author: JD Flynn Publisher: Catholic News Agency Date: 01OCT2020 Denver Newsroom, Oct 1, 2020 / 10:48 pm MT (CNA).-On October 6, 2018, the Holy See announced a review of its files and archives pertaining to Theodore McCarrick, the

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Britain’s reckoning with past systemic child abuse is long overdue

Britain’s Child Abuse Reckoning Title: Britain’s reckoning with past systemic child abuse is long overdue Author: Caelainn Hogan Publisher: The Guardian Date: 26SEP2020 Ireland has started trying to rectify the wrongs of its history. The UK is lagging behind. When the pope said mass in Ireland in 2018, a vast field in Dublin’s Phoenix Park

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Church must tackle underlying causes of abuse, expert says

Rocio Figueroa Spiritual Abuse Title: Church must tackle underlying causes of abuse, expert says Author: Elise Ann Allen Publisher: Crux Date: 24SEP2020 ROME – Peruvian theologian Rocio Figueroa says little is being done to target the spiritual abuse that allowed the clerical sex scandals to happen and is urging the Catholic Church to rethink its

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Crisis: Clergy Abuse in the Catholic Church Podcast

Crisis Episode 3: What Caused the Crisis? Show Notes

Podcast: Crisis Episode 3 Title: Crisis Episode 3: What Caused the Crisis? Show Notes Podcast: Crisis: Clergy Abuse in the Catholic Church Host: Karna Lozoya Publisher: The Catholic Project Date: 23SEP2020 How did the Catholic Church become a place where abusers could hide? Were men who were prone to abuse drawn to the priesthood? Crisis considers

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Polish bishop let priest accused of sex abuse keep teaching children – Vatican orders investigation

Vatican Investigates Polish Bishop Title: Polish bishop let priest accused of sex abuse keep teaching children – Vatican orders investigation Author: Juliette Bretan Publisher: Notes From Poland Date: 13SEP2020 A priest being investigated for alleged child sex abuse was allowed to continue working, including teaching children in a public school, for eight years after the

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