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Germany: Calls for cardinal to release report on sexual abuse of minors

Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki Title: Germany: Calls for Cardinal to release report of sexual abuse of minors Author: Deutsche Welle staff Publisher: Deutsche Welle Date: 29JAN2021 Pressure has increased on a Catholic cardinal over the release of a report on child sex abuse. The diocese council of Cologne says Cardinal Woelki has a moral obligation

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Vatican clears former Kansas City priest of sex abuse claims, infuriating victims

Wyoming Bishop Joseph Hart Title: Vatican clears former Kansas City priest of sex abuse claims, infuriating victims Author: Judy L. Thomas Video: Jill Toyoshiba Publisher: The Kansas City Star Date: 25Jan2021 Play Video https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article220286275.html ‘I couldn’t imagine that a man that I loved this much could do something so evil’ Susie McClernon is still dealing

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Vatican clears retired US bishop of multiple abuse claims

Vatican Clears Joseph Hart Title: Vatican clears retired US bishop of multiple abuse claims Author: Nicole Winfield & Colleen Slevin Publisher: The Associated Press Date: 26Jan2021 ROME (AP) — The Vatican has cleared a retired U.S. bishop of multiple allegations he sexually abused minors and teenagers, rejecting lay experts’ determination that a half-dozen claims were

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In a first for Spain, Jesuits admit to decades of sex abuse

Jesuits Sex Abuse Spain Title: In a first for Spain, Jesuits admit to decades of sex abuse Author: Aritz Parra and Nicole Winfield Publisher: Associated Press (AP) Date: 23JAN2021 MADRID (AP) — The first comprehensive internal inquiry on sex abuse allegations by a religious order in Spain has identified 81 children and 37 adult victims

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Probe of Crookston bishop in month 15, while Catholics urge action

Crookston Bishop Michael Hoeppner Title: Probe of Crookston bishop in month 15, while Catholics urge action Author: JD Flynn Publisher: The Pillar Date: 15JAN2021 News: ‘Vos estis lux mundi’ More than 15 months into the first U.S. investigation of a bishop under norms approved by Pope Francis, the Diocese of Crookston, Minnesota, says it has

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Trove of Buffalo Diocese abuse records turned over to victims in bankruptcy court

Buffalo Diocese secret files Title: Trove of Buffalo Diocese abuse records turned over to victims in bankruptcy court Author: Jay Tokasz Publisher: The Buffalo News Date: 10Jan2021 Lawyers and survivors of childhood sexual abuse are reviewing more than 25,000 pages of internal Buffalo Diocese documents relating to clergy abuse, diocesan finances and personnel files. Diocese

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Opinion

Most viewed posts 2020: Father Glen Walsh paid a heavy price (Sep 9, 2020)

Glen Walsh Heavy Price Title: Most viewed posts 2020: Father Glen Walsh paid a heavy price (Sep 9, 2020) Author: Chris Geraghty Publisher: John Menadue – Pearls and Irritations Date: 07JAN2021 The revelations never end about priests and brothers, of monsignors and bishops with their secret sexual lives, masturbating, buggerizing, sodomizing and raping boys and

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Fall River Diocese releases names of clergy accused of abuse

Fall River Clergy Abuse Title: Fall River Diocese releases names of clergy accused of abuse Author: Amanda Hoskins Publisher: turnto10.com, NBC 10 News, 10 WJAR Date: 08JAN2021 Some of the records and accusations date back 70 years, with most cases involving conduct that happened between the 1960s and 1980, according to a release from the

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Opinion

McCarrick report shows a church infected with unchecked clericalism

McCarrick Report Sick Church Title: McCarrick report shows a church infected with unchecked clericalism Author: Lisa Fullam Publisher: National Catholic Reporter Date: 29DEC2020 The Vatican’s report on defrocked Cardinal Theodore McCarrick revealed sexual abuse of adults and minors by a Catholic cleric and its cover-up by church officials — more of the same pattern we’ve

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Inter-American Human Rights Commission to look into clerical sexual abuse

Inter-American Human Rights Title: Inter-American Human Rights Commission to look into clerical sexual abuse Author: Ines San Martin Publisher: Crux Date: 08DEC2020 ROSARIO, Argentina – For the first time in its history, the Inter-American Human Rights Commission promised to defend victims of clerical sexual abuse, with cases being reported in at least 19 countries in

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