Pope Fighting Clerical Abuse Title: Pope says fighting clerical abuse fosters deeper respect for life Author: Ines San Martin Publisher: Crux Date: 06AUG2020 ROSARIO, Argentina – Beyond the obvious reasons to fight clerical sexual abuse, above all the damage such abuse inflicts on victims, Pope Francis has added another argument: The effort to prevent abuse,
Latin Americans Clergy Abuse Title: Latin Americans press fight against clerical sexual abuse Author: Ines San Martin Publisher: Crux Date: 03AUG2020 ROSARIO, Argentina – Public Mass might have stopped across much of the world during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, but several aspects of the life of the Church have continued, including efforts to
Chile Church Abuse ‘Secretism’ Title: Survivors’ group in Chile condemns abuse ‘secretism’ of Catholic Church Author: Ines San Martin Publisher: Crux Date: 31JUL2020 ROSARIO, Argentina – A little over two years after Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a controversial Chilean bishop accused of covering up the sexual abuse of his mentor, a local network
Argentina Clerical Sexual Abuse Title: Church in Argentina is making a ‘change in mentality’ on clerical sexual abuse Author: Ines San Martin Publisher: Crux Date: 30JUL2020 ROSARIO, Argentina – Two major archdioceses in Argentina are facing allegations of wanting to “replace the state” by creating a commission to receive allegations of clerical sexual abuse, but one
Truth Reconciliation Clerical Abuse Title: Scholars seek to establish ‘truth and reconciliation’ structures for clerical abuse Author: Ines San Martin Publisher: Crux Date: 27JUL2020 ROSARIO, Argentina—Even though the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has seemingly put most of the world on hold, many scholars have continued with their research projects and are already planning ahead, thinking about the
Opus Dei Vatican Sentence Title: Opus Dei confirms one of its priests sentenced by Vatican for abuse Author: Inés San Martín Publisher: Crux Date: 15JUL2020 ROSARIO, Argentina – Through a statement released on Thursday, Opus Dei publicly acknowledged the first sentence issued by the Vatican against one of its priests for sexual abuse. “The Opus
Opus Dei Cociña Guilty Title: Abuse victim of Opus Dei priest wants case to be acknowledged Author: Ines San Martin Publisher: Crux Date: 13JUL2020 ROSARIO, Argentina – On June 30, Father Manuel Cociña, a Spaniard, became the first priest belonging to the personal prelature of Opus Dei to be found guilty and sentenced by the
Pope Francis Vatican Scandals Title: Isolated Pope Francis Faces Yet Another Setback in Pandemic Author: Francis X. Rocca Publisher: The Wall Street Journal Date: 07JUL2020 Coronavirus comes as the Vatican has struggled in recent years with scandals and financial woes VATICAN CITY—The world-wide restrictions on public events to deal with the coronavirus pandemic are the latest
Spain Child Protection Law Title: Secularist group in Spain urges anti-Catholic language be added to child protection law Author: Inés San Martín Publisher: Crux Date: 24JUN2020 ROSARIO, Argentina – A Spanish association that advocates for a secular Europe is calling for proposed legislation on the protection of children to specifically target the Catholic Church, claiming that it
Vatican Zero Tolerance Ambivalence Title: Explaining the Vatican’s lingering ambivalence on “zero tolerance” Author: John L Allen Jr. Publisher: Crux Date: 31MAY2020 Anne Barrett Doyle, co-founder of the online research database BishopAccountability.org, holds a picture of Buenos Aires Archbishop Mario Poli, right, next to Peter Isely, member of the organization called Ending Clergy Abuse, holding a