Child Victims Act Buffalo Title: Child Victims Act attorneys oppose Buffalo Diocese move to shield parishes from lawsuits Author: Jay Tokasz Publisher: The Buffalo News Date: 10JUN2020 The Rev. John Aurelio talks to a group of children at St. Catherine of Siena Church in West Seneca in 1979. Aurelio is accused of sexually abusing children
Australian Catholic Bishops’ Secrecy Title: TERRY FEWTRELL Catholic bishops need to give up secrecy and learn to trust Author: P & I guest writer: Terry Fewtrell Publisher: John Menadue – Pearls & Irritations Date: 10JUN2020 Australia’s Catholic bishops seem to have learned little from the sexual abuse scandal and associated cover-ups, writes Terry Fewtrell. Pushed
Nuns Fight Clergy Abuse Title: Nuns kick off new webinar series on fighting sex abuse Author: Elise Ann Allen Publisher: Crux Now Date: 09JUN2020 ROME – Members of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG) Monday were the protagonists of the first of a series of webinar sessions focusing on child protection and how safeguarding
Texan Jesus Guerrero Sues Title: Texas Supreme Court to hear case of former deacon suing diocese for abuse claim Author: Kevin J. Jones Publisher: Catholic News Agency (CNA) Date: 08JUN2020 The Texas Supreme Court will hear the Diocese of Lubbock’s appeal of a legal decision allowing a former deacon to sue the diocese for defamation for
Mike Ledingham Frank Green Title: Abuse inquiry seeking predator priest confessions Author: WAATEA News Staff Publisher: WAATEA News Date: 09JUN2020 An Auckland man who was abused as a child by his parish priest is urging anyone with similar stories to tell them to the Royal Commission on Abuse in State Care and Religious Institutions. Mike
Knestout Richmond Clergy Abuse Title: Diocese of Richmond starts review of allegations against 4 inactive priests Author: WHSV newsroom Publisher: WHSV Date: 08JUN2020 RICHMOND, Va. (WHSV) — The Catholic Diocese of Richmond, which oversees most of Virginia’s Catholic churches, has launched a review into allegations of child sexual abuse involving four retired or inactive priests.
Gerald Sudol Clergy Abuse Title: Priest worked in North Jersey parishes for decades after being accused of sex abuse Author: Abbott Koloff Publisher: New Jersey Herald Date: 05JUN2020 The Rev. Gerald Sudol, who spent decades serving in North Jersey Catholic parishes, allegedly began abusing children even before he was ordained as a priest. Later he moved
Gaillardetz Confidential Australia Governance Title: A promising roadmap for ecclesial reform and conversion Author: Richard R. Gaillardetz Publisher: Catholic Outlook Reproduced with permission of La Croix. Date: 06JUN2020 One of the world’s top ecclesiologists analyzes an unprecedented Church governance report. Click here for Part One: “The Light from the Southern Cross” The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference
Attorney General supports legislation Title: ‘They are mistaken’: AG backs sex-abuse law challenged by Diocese of Providence Author: Brian Amaral Publisher: Providence Journal Date: 05JUN2020 Three alleged priest abuse victims and the state attorney general this week defended the legality of the new deadline to sue over child molestation after the Diocese of Providence argued a
Last Word Pell Knew Title: The last word on George Pell Author: Anne Manne Publisher: The Monthly Date: Jun2020 The royal commission’s damning verdict on what Pell knew about child sexual abuse in the Church What did Cardinal George Pell know about child sexual abuse perpetrated by Catholic clergy, when did he know it, and