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Is Vatican anti-abuse task force ‘Tale of Two Cities’ or ‘Remembrance of Things Past’?

Vatican Pope anti-abuse taskforce Title: Is Vatican anti-abuse task force ‘Tale of Two Cities’ or ‘Remembrance of Things Past’? Author: John L. Allen Jr. Publisher: Crux Date: 29FEB2020 ROME – Anyone watching the Vatican under Pope Francis try to come to grips with the clerical sexual abuse crisis could be forgiven for feeling themselves trapped

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Vatican task force offers help to church on abuse prevention

Title: Vatican task force offers help to church on abuse prevention Author: Nicole Winfield Publication: Associated Press via The Washington Post Date: 29FEB2020 VATICAN CITY — The Vatican is launching a task force of experts to help Catholic dioceses and religious orders develop guidelines to handle cases of sexual abuse by clergy and tend to

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Church leaders protected this criminal priest, Father Gerard Mulvale, resulting in a victim’s suicide

Title: Church leaders protected this criminal priest, Father Gerard Mulvale, resulting in a victim’s suicide Author: Broken Rites Researcher Publisher: Broken Rites Australia website: brokenrites.org.au Accessed website: 27FEB2020 The Catholic Church harboured a paedophile priest (Gerard Mulvale) in a Melbourne parish, enabling him to sexually target the parish’s youth group. This church-abuse (and the church’s

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Where things stand a year after pope’s historic sexual abuse summit

Abuse Summit Wikipedia Page Title: Where things stand a year after pope’s historic sexual abuse summit Author: John L. Allen Jr. Publisher: Crux Now via Angelus News Date: 24FEB2020 ROME — Last weekend marked the one-year anniversary of arguably the most important single moment to date in the Catholic Church’s efforts to come to grips

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Cardinal Gracias: Church must ‘shed prejudice’ against women’s leadership

Shed Prejudice Women’s Leadership Title: Cardinal Gracias: Church must ‘shed prejudice’ against women’s leadership Author: Joshua J. McElwee Publisher: National Catholic Reporter Date: 24FEB2020 VATICAN CITY — One of the six members of Pope Francis’ advisory Council of Cardinals has acknowledged a bias among the members of the Catholic Church’s all-male hierarchy against giving women

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Clergy Abuse Survivors Mark Summit Anniversary With Protest at Vatican

Abuse Survivors Protest Vatican Title: Clergy Abuse Survivors Mark Summit Anniversary With Protest at Vatican Author: Edward Pentin Publisher: National Catholic Register Date: 24FEB2020 According to the victims, there has been insufficient progress in making meaningful changes since the 2019 summit. VATICAN CITY — A group of clerical abuse survivors gathered in Rome on Feb.

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One year after abuse summit, church reviews progress

Pope Francis waived secrecy Title: One year after abuse summit, church reviews progress Author: Carol Glatz Publisher: CRUX   Date: 23FEB2020 ROME — Since Pope Francis convened a historic summit at the Vatican one year ago to address clergy sex abuse and accountability, much has been done, but advocates say more is needed. Dozens of

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Study identifies 16 child sex abuse rings in Victorian Catholic Church

Muytjens Clergy Dark Networks  Title: Study identifies 16 child sex abuse rings in Victorian Catholic Church Author: Debbie Cuthbertson  Publisher: The Age  Date: 23FEB2020   A three-year research project into paedophile Catholic clerics in Victoria has identified 16 child sex abuse networks operating over six decades involving 99 priests and Christian Brothers.The investigation found that

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One year after global abuse summit, reaction mixed on progress made

Pope Francis SNAP Fingers Title: One year after global abuse summit, reaction mixed on progress made Author: Elise Ann Allen Publisher: Crux Date: 22FEB2020 ROME – As the Boy Scouts of America slide further into scandal with allegations of widespread sexual abuse continuing to go public, the Catholic Church also finds itself on the public

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