Marie Collins Zero Tolerance Title: New Vatican document ‘very disappointing’, says campaigner Author: Vivienne Clarke Publisher: The Irish Times Date: 02JUN2021 Veteran campaigner Marie Collins has expressed her disappointment at the changes to the Catholic Church’s penal code announced by the Vatican on Tuesday. The new rules will force bishops to take action action against
Pope Francis Canadian Cardinals Title: Pope, Canadian Cardinals meet amid calls for church to act on residential schools Author: The Canadian Press Staff Publisher: CTV News Date: 05JUN2021 Pope Francis met with two Canadian Cardinals on Saturday amid mounting pressure on the Catholic Church to take responsibility for Canada’s residential school system, though it’s not
Cardinal Reinhard Marx Resignation Title: Cardinal Marx offers Pope Francis his resignation, citing ‘responsibility for the catastrophe of sexual abuse’ Author: Gerard O’Connell Publisher: America Media/America Magazine Date: 04JUN2021 In a decision that has sent shock waves through the German Catholic Church, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, 67, the archbishop of Munich and Freising, revealed that on
Mary Untier Of Knots Title: Vatican law criminalizes abuse of adults by priests, laity Author: Nicole Winfield Publisher: Associated Press Date: 01JUN2021 VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has changed church law to explicitly criminalize the sexual abuse of adults by priests who abuse their authority and to say that laypeople who hold church office
Kamloops Indian Residential School Title: Discovery of mass grave of Indigenous children prompts grief and questions in Canada Author: Antonia Noori Farzan Publisher: The Washington Post Date: 30MAY2021 The discovery of a mass grave containing the remains of 215 Indigenous children at a former residential school in British Columbia prompted an outpouring of grief as
Release Richard Lavigne Files Title: Advocate For Clergy Abuse Victims Calls For Release Of Files On Ex-Priest Accused Of Murder Author: Paul Tuthill Publisher: WAMC Radio Date: 25MAY2021 One day after a prosecutor in western Massachusetts publicly accused a recently deceased former priest of murdering an altar boy a half-century ago, there was a
Lavigne Murdered Danny Croteau Title: Former Springfield priest killed 13-year-old boy in 1972: Hampden District Attorney Author: Rick Sobey Publisher: Boston Herald Date: 24MAY2021 Former priest Richard Lavigne died last week. He murdered a 13-year-old boy 49 years ago, according to the Hampden DA’s Office. (Courtesy photo Hampden DA’s Office) A former Springfield priest who
Altar Boy Danny Croteau Title: DA: ‘Significant development’ in 1972 slaying of altar boy Danny Croteau to close case Author: Ray Kelly Publisher: MassLive News Date: 24MAY2021 SPRINGFIELD — Forty-nine years after 13-year-old altar boy Danny Croteau was left for dead on the banks of the Chicopee River, investigators appear ready to close the book
A ticking time bomb Title: ‘A ticking time bomb’: Timor-Leste begins to reckon with alleged Catholic church sex abuse Authors: Zevonia Vieira & Tjitske Lingsma Publisher: The Guardian Date: 22MAY2021 The trial of defrocked priest Richard Daschbach, charged with sexual abuse of 14 girls, is dividing the small, deeply Catholic country. Lita grew up in
It Needs To Stop Title: Montreal shepherd says anti-abuse protocols based on simple idea: ‘It needs to stop’ Author: Elise Ann Allen Publisher: Crux Date: 21MAY2021 ROME – Earlier this month, the Archdiocese of Montreal unveiled a new set of protocols implemented as the result of an independent investigation into a local abuse case which