Tag: Silence

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News

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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News

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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Madonnina
Opinion

Why I declined to join my diocesan sex abuse review board

Declined Abuse Review Board Title: Why I declined to join my diocesan sex abuse review board Author: John W. Miller Publisher: National Catholic Reporter Date:  25OCT2022 A report last month that a priest in suburban Chicago had been accused of sex abuse after a diocesan review board had found “insufficient reason to suspect” misbehavior has raised questions

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Canada says pope’s apology to Indigenous not enough

Justin Trudeau Pope Francis Title: Canada says pope’s apology to Indigenous not enough Authors: Nicole Winfield and Rob Gillies Publisher: Associated Press (AP) Date: 28JUL2022 QUEBEC CITY (AP) — The Canadian government made clear Wednesday that Pope Francis’ apology to Indigenous peoples for abuses in the country’s church-run residential schools didn’t go far enough, suggesting

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Madonnina
Opinion

Francis’ clergy abuse law, ‘Vos Estis,’ isn’t working. Here’s how to fix it.

Pope Fix ‘Vos Estis’ Title: Francis’ clergy abuse law, ‘Vos Estis,’ isn’t working. Here’s how to fix it. Author: Anne Barrett Doyle Publisher: National Catholic Reporter Date: 25MAY2022 Three years ago, as the Catholic Church faced an unprecedented reckoning with clergy sexual abuse, Pope Francis introduced a church law that promised to hold bishops and

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Opinion

The beginning of the fall of the Catholic Church in Ireland

Fall Catholic Church Ireland Title: The beginning of the fall of the Catholic Church in Ireland Author: Patsy McGarry Publisher: The Irish Times Date: 07MAY2022 Bishop Eamonn Casey’s life and career came apart 30 years ago today. The new Bishop of Galway Michael Duignan (51) spoke with disarming frankness at his installation in the Cathedral

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News

Why is an abuser still working as a priest?

How is this possible? Title: Why is an abuser still working as a priest? Author: Mark Lowen Publisher: BBC News Date: 17FEB2022 The BBC has uncovered how a culture of complicity and denial conceals the true scale of clerical sex abuse in Italy. One shocking case that we delved into exposes how abusers in the

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