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Pope Francis abolishes pontifical
Opinion

Vatican’s handling of Jesuit priest shows new dimensions of never-ending abuse crisis

Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik Title: Vatican’s handling of Jesuit priest shows new dimensions of never-ending abuse crisis Author: Massimo Faggioli Publisher: National Catholic Reporter Date: 21DEC2022 On Dec. 2, the global Jesuit order confirmed reports made in several conservative Italian Catholic blogs that Slovenian Jesuit Fr. Marko Rupnik, a famous Rome-based artist, had been quietly

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December 22, 2022 No Comments
Madonnina
Crimen Sollicitationis

Grindr, blackmail and confession: The life of a gay seminarian

Grindr Blackmail Gay Seminarians Title: Grindr, blackmail and confession: The life of a gay seminarian Author: Frédéric Martel Publisher: The Irish Times Date: 02MAR2019 Frédéric Martel on power, homosexuality and hypocrisy in the closet of the Vatican. Ydier and Axel are two seminarians whom I meet at the Mario Mieli cultural centre, in Rome. (Their

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July 22, 2021 No Comments
Madonnina
Opinion

Reforming the Vatican’s Code of Canon law, #MeToo Insights, and Zero Tolerance

Verdict Justia Canon Law Title: Reforming the Vatican’s Code of Canon law, #MeToo Insights, and Zero Tolerance Author: Lesley Wexler Publisher: Verdict Justia Date: 24JUN2021 In recent days, Pope Francis has described the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse crisis as a worldwide catastrophe. He urged that the Catholic Church end its “head-in-sand policy”, acknowledge its institutional

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June 24, 2021 No Comments
Pope Francis abolishes pontifical
Kieran Tapsell

Canon Law on Child Sexual Abuse Through the Ages

Catholics Canon Law Tapsell Title: Canon Law on Child Sexual Abuse Through the Ages Author: Kieran Tapsell Publisher: CatholicsForRenewal.Org In 2014 two senior members of the Marist and Christian Brothers in Australia told Justice McLellan, the Chair of the Child Sexual Abuse Royal Commission that in the 1980s the brothers would not have regarded touching a

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June 7, 2021 No Comments
Madonnina
Child Sexual Abuse

Timor-Leste: Political leadership, patriarchal relationships, and the paedophile priest

Timor Leste Paedophile Priest Title: Timor-Leste: Political leadership, patriarchal relationships, and the paedophile priest Author: Sara Niner Publisher: Lens.Monash.Edu Date: 26FEB2021 Xanana Gusmao’s recent contrived jovial participation in the birthday celebrations of “self-professed” paedophile and defrocked foreign priest Richard Daschach has shocked many of his supporters, not least his Australian former wife and three Timorese-Australian sons

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February 26, 2021 No Comments
Madonnina
Kieran Tapsell

Potiphar’s Wife: The Vatican’s Secret and Child Sexual Abuse

Potiphar’s Wife Kieran Tapsell Title: Potiphar’s Wife: The Vatican’s Secret and Child Sexual Abuse Podcast Host: Ed Opperman Publisher: The Opperman Report via Radio.com Date: 20FEB2021 The ‘cover-up’ of child sexual abuse by the Catholic Church has been occurring under the pontificate of six popes since 1922. For 1500 years, the Catholic Church accepted that clergy

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February 21, 2021 No Comments
Madonnina
News

Priest accused of abetting alleged sex abuse ring hired by diocesan charity

Archangel Piero Alfio Capuana Title: Priest accused of abetting alleged sex abuse ring hired by diocesan charity Author: Claire Giangrave Publisher: Religion News Service Date: 12JAN2021 The mother of an alleged abuse victim claims the priest broke the confidence of the confessional to warn church officials of a coming investigation. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — On

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January 13, 2021 No Comments
Madonnina
Opinion

Fr Frank’s Homily – 6 September 2020

Brennan Will Break Law Title: Fr Frank’s Homily – 6 September 2020 Author: Fr Frank Brennan SJ Publisher: Catholic Outlook Date: 06SEP2020 Today is Father’s Day. We salute all fathers, living and deceased. Even the best of fathers acknowledge that no father is perfect. Today we thank God for those of our fathers who embody

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September 7, 2020 No Comments
Madonnina
News

Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver covered up systemic abuse, silenced survivors for decades, lawsuit claims

Archdiocese of Vancouver Abuse Title: Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver covered up systemic abuse, silenced survivors for decades, lawsuit claims Author: Rhianna Schmunk Publisher: CBC News Date: 28AUG2020 Archdiocese hopes ‘publicity’ will help give survivors ‘confidence to come forward; get the help they deserve’ A woman who claims she was assaulted as a child at a

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August 29, 2020 No Comments

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