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Paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale dies at 90, survivors urged to seek help

Paedophile Priest Gerald Ridsdale Dies Title: Paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale dies at 90, survivors urged to seek help Author: Laura Mayers Publisher: ABC News Date: 18FEB2025 For decades Gerald Ridsdale, draped in flowing white vestments, stood before countless Catholic congregations preaching about good and evil, the innocence of children, and a merciful god. But on

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February 18, 2025 No Comments
Book Review

A History of Modern Catholicism Puts Sex Abuse Front and Center

Jesus Wept Philip Shenon Title: A History of Modern Catholicism Puts Sex Abuse Front and Center Author: Mary Jo McConahay Publisher: The New York Times Date: 15FEB2025 Philip Shenon’s “Jesus Wept” looks at the church since World War II, with particular focus on the clerical abuse crisis and the ideological battles that followed the Second

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February 15, 2025 No Comments
Instruction Crimen Sollicitationis
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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February 13, 2025 No Comments
Madonnina
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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December 21, 2024 No Comments
Pontifical Secret The Biggest wart of all
Kieran Tapsell

Pope Francis and practising what one preaches

Pope Needs To Practise What He Preaches Title: Pope Francis and practising what one preaches Author: Kieran Tapsell Publisher: Pearls and Irritations, John Menadue.com Date: 18OCT2024 Pope Francis has called upon Church authorities to cooperate with civil authorities in relation to child sexual abuse by Church personnel. When it comes to the Vatican cooperating, it

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October 18, 2024 No Comments
Madonnina
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Identities of abusers should be listed on church websites, WA child sexual abuse inquiry finds

Community Development and Justice Standing Committee Title: Identities of abusers should be listed on church websites, WA child sexual abuse inquiry finds Authors: Daryna Zadvirna and Nicolas Perpitch Publisher: ABC News Date: 15AUG2024 The names of known child abusers should be published prominently on church websites and the WA government should create a centrally accessible

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August 18, 2024 No Comments
Madonnina
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New report in Western Australia says Catholic Church must do more to help abuse victims

Western Australia Reports Catholic Silence Title: New report in Western Australia says Catholic Church must do more to help abuse victims Author: Crux Staff Publisher: Crux Date: 16AUG2024   A Western Australia parliamentary committee gave its final report after examining the support available to survivors of institutional child abuse, saying the Catholic Church and other religious entities

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August 18, 2024 No Comments
Madonnina
Opinion

The Summit on Abuse, Five Years Later

Abuse Summit Five Years Later Title: The Summit on Abuse, Five Years Later Author: Massimo Faggioli Publisher: Commonweal Magazine Date: 14FEB2024 Five years ago this month Pope Francis convened the Meeting on the Protection of Minors in the Church at the Vatican. The first-of-its-kind meeting—announced in September 2018—was an acknowledgment of the global dimension of the

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February 15, 2024 No Comments
Madonnina
Child Sexual Abuse

Catholic cardinal accused of sexual assault in Canada

Canadian Cardinal Gerald Lacroix Title: Catholic cardinal accused of sexual assault in Canada Author: AFP Staff Publisher: News.com.au Date: 26JAN2024 Cardinal Gerald Lacroix has been accused in Canada of sexually assaulting a female teenager, as part of a class action lawsuit against the archdiocese of Quebec, court documents showed Thursday. The 66-year-old Lacroix is facing

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January 26, 2024 No Comments

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