Tom Doyle Clergy Abuse Title: Dr Tom Doyle: Church structure to blame for abuse Podcast: Saturday Morning with Kim Hill Publisher: RNZ Date: 27MAR2021 Dr Tom Doyle, who is a priest, canon lawyer and addictions therapist, this week gave evidence to the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry faith-based redress hearing in Auckland, where
Thomas Doyle Clerical Narcissism Title: Catholic Church structure to blame for abuse in care, priest tells inquiry Author: Andrew McRae Publisher: RNZ Date: 24MAR2021 A theologian has pointed the blame directly at the hierarchy and structure of the Catholic Church for abuse by priests. Dr Tom Doyle, who is a priest, canon lawyer and addictions
New Zealand Abuse Inquiry Title: Abuse inquiry: we all know the outcome Author: Matthew Epsom Publisher: Gisborne Herald Date: 10JAN2021 We must already know what the New Zealand Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care will reveal about the Catholic Church in New Zealand. That’s because it has been said before, time and time
Charles Scicluna Pontifical Secret Title: Church should empower victims to disclose abuse Author: Juliet Palmer Publisher: CathNews NZ Pacific Date: 06JUL2020 The Catholic Church needs to empower victims of clerical abuse to disclose their predicament, says Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna. It’s been more than a year since Pope Francis published “Vos Est Lux Mundi (You
Catholics Want Reform Title: Catholics want reform Author: Peter Johnstone Publisher: John Menadue – Pearls and Irritations Date: 30JUN2020 Catholics are rising up and accepting responsibility for renewing their Church. Catholics across Australia and New Zealand have met via Zoom to support the growing movement for reform of the Catholic Church. Representatives of 17 reform groups
NZ Royal Commission Steenson Title: Royal Commission into abuse appoints fifth Commissioner Author: Katie Scotcher Publisher: RNZ Date: 17JUN2020 The Royal Commission investigating abuse in care has appointed its fifth Commissioner, following the shock resignation of its chair last year. Lawyer Julia Steenson, who is of Ngāti Whātua and Waikato/Tainui descent, will take up the
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