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Top expert fears abuse of minors within families has increased during lockdown

Hans Zollner Lockdown Fears Title: Top expert fears abuse of minors within families has increased during lockdown Author: Ines San Martin Publisher: Crux Date: 25SEP2020 ROSARIO, Argentina – Father Hans Zollner, arguably one of the most prominent Church officials working on abuse prevention, says he understands the frustration some victims feel upon not seeing “immediate

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Vatican issues guide for investigating priests accused of abuse

Vatican Vademecum Clergy Abuse Title: Vatican issues guide for investigating priests accused of abuse Author: Christopher Lamb Publisher: The Tablet Date: 16JUL2020 The Vatican has issued a detailed guide for how Church leaders should handle allegations of abuse by clergy against children. The handbook, a Vademecum, sets out how bishops and religious superiors should investigate abuse, including the obligation to

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‘Vos Estis’ at one year: Some question pope’s process for investigating bishops

Title: ‘Vos Estis’ at one year: Some question pope’s process for investigating bishops Author: Joshua J. McElwee Publisher: NCR Online Date: 27MAY2020 Jesuit Fr. Federico Lombardi, Pope Francis, Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago and television reporter Valentina Alazraki of Televisa are pictured during the third-day of a meeting on the protection of minors in the church

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Leading clergy-abuse expert addresses impact of the crisis on global Catholic Church

Hans Zollner Institutional Trauma Title: Leading clergy-abuse expert addresses impact of the crisis on global Catholic ChurchAuthor: Michelle MartinPublisher: Chicago CatholicDate: 03MAR2020  Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, one of the world’s leading experts on safeguarding minors, said that the church is suffering “institutional trauma” from clerical sexual abuse, trauma that it must learn to integrate into its

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Fr Zollner: Protection of minors improving since last year’s summit

Title: Fr Zollner: Protection of minors improving since last year’s summit Author: Vatican News Staff Publication: Vatican News Date: 20FEB2020 One year on from the Meeting on the “Protection of Minors in the Church”, Father Hans Zollner describes the steps taken to listen to victims of clerical sexual abuse and ensure that minors are safe in

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Archbishop Charles Scicluna hails abolition of pontifical secret in clerical sex crimes

Scicluna Abolition Pontifical Secret Title: Archbishop Charles Scicluna hails abolition of pontifical secret in clerical sex crimes Author: Matthew Vella Publication: Malta Today Date: 07JAN2020 Malta’s archbishop Charles Scicluna has hailed the abolition of the pontifical secret in cases of sexual violence and clerical abuse of minors, as an important step in working for justice for

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