Tag: paedophile priests

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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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George Pell

George Pell: what the five-year royal commission into child sexual abuse found

George Pell Lied Under Oath Title: George Pell: what the five-year royal commission into child sexual abuse found Author: Christopher Knaus Publisher: The Guardian Date: 12JAN2023 The child sexual abuse royal commission in 2020 released a bombshell un-redacted report examining the failings of George Pell during his time as an assistant priest, bishop, auxiliary bishop

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News

Has the Catholic Church Been Covering Up Its Biggest Pedophile Priest Problem?

Italian Catholics Clergy Abuse Title: Has the Catholic Church Been Covering Up Its Biggest Pedophile Priest Problem? Author: Barbie Latza Nadeau Publisher: The Daily Beast Date: 14FEB2022 ROME—Giuseppe remembers the day his mother betrayed him. He was 12 years old and his parish priest in the southern Italian town of Salerno forced him to touch

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Italy’s Church needs child sex abuse inquiry – Vatican advisor

Catholic Italy Abuse Inquiry Title: Italy’s Church needs child sex abuse inquiry – Vatican advisor Author: Agence France-Presse Staff Publisher: Times of Malta via Agence France-Presse Date: 02FEB2022 After a string of investigations exposing paedophile priests across the globe, it is time for Catholic-majority Italy to hold its own reckoning, a top advisor to the

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Spain’s government vows to investigate Catholic Church abuse

Catholic Spain Clergy Abuse Title: Spain’s government vows to investigate Catholic Church abuse Author: Inés San Martín Publisher: Crux Date: 29JAN2022 Spain’s ruling coalition wants historic clerical sexual abuses to be investigated in the country, and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said he will first meet with abuse victims.“We’re going to talk and build,” said

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Why is Spain’s Catholic Church refusing an independent investigation into sex abuse claims?

Spain’s Catholic Church Shame Title: Why is Spain’s Catholic Church refusing an independent investigation into sex abuse claims? Author: Heather Galloway Publisher: euronews.com Date:  22Nov2021 Activists are calling for an independent probe into alleged sexual abuse in Spain’s Catholic Church. They insist the number of cases is on a par with neighbour France, where a

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Pope ‘shamed’ by church’s failures over child abuse in France

Church Abuse Shames Pope Title: Pope ‘shamed’ by church’s failures over child abuse in France Author: Angela Giuffrida Publisher: The Guardian Date: 06OCT2021 Pope Francis has said he is “shamed” by the Catholic church’s failure to deal with paedophile priests in France, as one of his closest advisers pushed for an inquiry into the sexual

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Opinion

He Blew the Whistle on the Catholic Church in 1985. Why Didn’t We Listen?

Jason Berry Clergy Abuse Title: He Blew the Whistle on the Catholic Church in 1985. Why Didn’t We Listen? Author:  Ben Proudfoot Featuring: Jason Berry Publisher: The New York Times Date: 24AUG2021 Nearly 20 years ago, an investigation by The Boston Globe into sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests ignited a firestorm of scandal that

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