New policy, which includes church workers and volunteers, intended as ‘safety net’ against allegations of sex abuse, but critics say move is ‘too little, too late’
Catholic priests in Montreal banned from being alone with children
Pennsylvania Catholic church using ‘mafia-like’ tactics to fight sex abuse bill
The Catholic church in Pennsylvania has been accused of employing “mafia-like” tactics in a campaign to put pressure on individual Catholic lawmakers who support state legislation that would give victims of sexual abuse more time to sue
Former vicar general still in the pulpit
Priests, parishes target Pa. legislators who backed sex-abuse bill
HARRISBURG – One lawmaker called it “electioneering.” Another grew emotional as she recounted being snubbed by a priest.
A Public Service Translation of a Catholic Bishop’s Letter Against SOL Reform
Archbishop Chaput of Philadelphia is circulating a letter to parishioners and schools to enlist Catholics to join him in his scorched earth battle against the child sex abuse victims his institution created as well as the
N.Y. pol says Brooklyn bishop tried to bribe her to drop child-abuse reform; diocese calls her allegation ‘patently false’
BY Kenneth Lovett Michael O’keeffe Stephen Rex Brown
The head of the Catholic Church in Brooklyn offered a $5,000 bribe to an Albany politician in exchange for dropping her support for the reform of a state law preventing victims of
… Continue reading Release Secret Clergy Abuse Files and Protect the Youth of Seattle Archdiocese
Dear Archbishop Sartain:
We, as Catholics of the Archdiocese of Seattle, believe that the profound damage and alienation caused by the clergy abuse crisis remains with us and that our young people continue to be vulnerable because of the
Pope names temporary administrator for Guam archdiocese
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Archbishop Anthony Apuron released a video message responding to the Vatican’s decision to appoint a temporary administrator of the Archdiocese of Agana. Watch the video here.
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Advocates for kids march across Brooklyn Bridge in support of Child Victims Act
BY Michael O’keeffe Stephen Rex Brown
More than 200 advocates for reform of the state’s statute of limitations on claims of child sexual abuse marched across the Brooklyn Bridge on Sunday, proudly proclaiming they were part of a new civil
Pope Francis reveals new church law to deal with paedophile priests
Move to remove Catholic bishops from office if they fail to sack known child abusers is response to demand by victims
Catholic bishops who fail to sack paedophile priests can be removed from office under new church