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Kieran Tapsell

Potiphar’s Wife 2nd Edition by Kieran Tapsell

Potiphar’s Wife 2nd Edition Title: Potiphar’s Wife – The Vatican’s Secret and Child Sexual Abuse 2nd Edition Author: Kieran Tapsell Publisher: C & F Press Date: 04DEC2024 Book overview For 1,500 years, the Catholic Church accepted that child sexual abuse was not only a sin but a civil crime, deserving of imprisonment and worse. From the

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The Monthly February issue cover essay

Louise Milligan Monthly Essay Title: The Monthly February issue cover essay Author: The Monthly Staff Publisher: The Monthly Date: February 2025 The Monthly has chosen to temporarily remove Louise Milligan’s recent essay from our website. We have been made aware of an active case that is about to come before the courts that had not

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‘Shame on them’: anger and dismay from survivors over Saints clergy-abuse emails

New Orleans Clergy Abuse Title: ‘Shame on them’: anger and dismay from survivors over Saints clergy-abuse emails Authors: Ramon Antonio Vargas & David Hammer Publisher: The Guardian Date: 04FEB2025 Survivors of Catholic clergy abuse and their supporters expressed disgust, pain and disbelief after the Guardian and WWL Louisiana’s investigation on Monday into hundreds of emails

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Opinion

Step up, WA lawmakers, and finally pass bill to make clergy report abuse

Mandatory Reporting Clergy Abuse Title: Step up, WA lawmakers, and finally pass bill to make clergy report abuse Author: The Seattle Times Editorial Board Publisher: The Seattle Times Date: 03FEB2025 It’s a debate that’s lingered among state lawmakers for about 20 years. In the last two legislative sessions, two bills that would have made clergy

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NFL emails reveal extent of Saints’ damage control for clergy sex abuse crisis

NFL Saints Clergy Damage Control Title: NFL emails reveal extent of Saints’ damage control for clergy sex abuse crisis Authors: Jim Mustian and Brett Martel Publication: Associated Press Date: 04FEB2025 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As New Orleans church leaders braced for the fallout from publishing a list of predatory Catholic priests, they turned to an

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Opinion

Theologian: New Zealand Catholic bishops bungle response to clergy abuse

New Zealand Catholic Bishops  Title: Theologian: New Zealand Catholic bishops bungle response to clergy abuse Author: Christopher Longhurst Publisher: National Catholic Reporter (NCROnline) Date: 20DEC2024 Earlier this year, New Zealand’s Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care found that “Catholic Church leaders have not been accountable or transparent to their congregations and the broader community

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Clergy abuse survivors hit out at moves to ban protests outside Australian places of worship

Clergy Abuse Survivors Respond Title: Clergy abuse survivors hit out at moves to ban protests outside Australian places of worship Authors: Christopher Knaus & Mostafa Rachwani Publisher: The Guardian Australia Date: 13DEC2014 Survivors of clergy abuse have expressed deep concern at proposals to ban protests outside places of worship, with lawyer John Ellis saying a blanket

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George Pell

How George Pell failed child sex abuse victims: the full findings of the royal commission report

George Pell Failed Children Title: How George Pell failed child sex abuse victims: the full findings of the royal commission report Author: Timothy W. Jones, Latrobe University Publisher: The Conversation Date: 17MAY2020 Significant sections of the final report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse were released today. When the report

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Further details of retired Bishop Christopher Saunders’ court case revealed after suppression order lifted

Bishop Christopher Saunders Trial Title: Further details of retired Bishop Christopher Saunders’ court case revealed after suppression order lifted Author: Erin Parke and Rosanne Maloney Publisher: ABC News ABC Kimberley Date: 01MAR2024 In short: Details of sexual abuse allegations against former Bishop of Broome Christopher Saunders have been revealed for the first time after the lifting of

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Former bishop of Broome Christopher Saunders charged over historical sexual abuse allegations

Christopher Saunders Charged Title: Former bishop of Broome Christopher Saunders charged over historical sexual abuse allegations Author: Sarah Keszler and Chris Reason Publisher: 7News Date: 22FEB2024 The former bishop of Broome Christopher Saunders has been charged with a number of historical child sexual abuse offences following a 7NEWS investigation. The 74-year-old senior Catholic cleric was arrested at his

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