File under: Follow The Money
by Robert Lawson
Catholic church leaders in Minnesota were investigated by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR), who alleges that the church embezzled funds to cover child abuse and other misconduct with church cash, sources in
Chicago Archdiocese hid abuse for decades, documents show
Soft peddling bullshit: The archdiocese released a statement Tuesday saying it knows it “made some decisions decades ago that are now difficult to justify” and that society has evolved in how it deals with abuse.
After a 13-year-old boy
Chicago Catholic archdiocese releases documents detailing cover-up of abuse
Settlement between archdiocese and victims reveals decades of evasion and bungled action by church officials
By Karen McVeigh
Thousands of pages of previously secret documents relating to the abuse of children by Roman Catholic priests in the archdiocese of
Spain’s new cardinal says homosexuality a ‘defect’
Pope Francis’ newly chosen Spanish cardinal, 84-year-old Fernando Sebastian Aguilar, has described homosexuality as a “defect” that can be corrected with treatment, sparking condemnation from gay rights groups.
“A lot of people complain and don’t tolerate it but with all
Pope defrocked 400 priests in 2 years, per Vatican document obtained by AP
File under: Absolutely Astonishing!
A document obtained by The Associated Press shows Pope Benedict XVI defrocked nearly 400 priests over just two years for molesting children.
The statistics for 2011-12 show a dramatic increase over the 170 priests removed
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Archbishop faces trial in Vatican over teenage ‘rent boys’
A POLISH archbishop could become the first cleric to be put on trial by the Vatican for alleged child abuse.
It was announced at the weekend that Josef Wesolowski was under criminal investigation as a citizen of the Holy See.
‘Comfortable being gay’: a priest speaks
An Irish priest who has come out to many friends and colleagues says that he is ‘happy in his life’ and that the Catholic Church’s teaching on sexuality needs to change
by Patsy McGarry
He asks to be described as
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Vatican ‘won’t turn in bishop charged with molesting Dominican boys
File under: The more things change, the more they stay the same
Santo Domingo.- The Vatican on Friday rejected a Warsaw Office of the Prosecutor’s request to hand over its former envoy to Dominican Republic, the Pole Jozef Wesolowski,