Two Roman Catholic bishops who led a central Pennsylvania diocese helped cover up the sexual abuse of hundreds of children by over 50 priests or religious leaders over a 40-year period, according to a grand jury report issued Tuesday.
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Vatican newspaper praises Spotlight for confronting ‘horrendous realities’
Holy See-owned L’Osservatore Romano hails Tom McCarthy’s best picture Oscar winner, which shows systemic abuse and cover-ups by Catholic church
By Ben Child
The Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, has praised the 2016 best picture Oscar winner Spotlight for its convincing
Top Vatican cardinal says pope backs him on stance over abuse issue
Pell denies abuse accusations and criticises suspicious timing
This coming 29 February, the cardinal is to give evidence before an Australian commission, via video link from Rome. The cardinal, who has been accused of covering up child sex abuse cases, said the false news report printed by the
Cardinal O’Malley: We have a moral and ethical responsibility to report abuse
Catholic clergy have a “moral and ethical
Ex-priest John Feit arrested in former beauty queen Irene Garza’s 1960 murder case
A former Catholic priest faces a first-degree murder charge for allegedly killing a onetime beauty queen who was last seen alive the night he heard her confession.
John Feit, 83, had long been the main suspect in the 1960 death
Tracing the Bishops’ Culpability in the Child Abuse Scandal
Pope Francis’ commission on the clergy’s sexual violation of children had a timely private screening in Rome last week of “Spotlight,” the Oscar-nominated film about the pedophilia scandal in Boston. The film offers the Vatican, if
Australian paedophilia Commission gives green light to Pell testifying via video link
The Vatican Secretary for the Economy is being called to give evidence after he was accused of covering up an old abuse case. Polisca says the cardinal is unable to attend the hearing in person due to health reasons
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Critic of Vatican refuses to step down from sex abuse commission
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A prominent and outspoken British member of a papal advisory commission on sexual abuse by the clergy on Saturday
Former student priest arrested on suspicion of trying to pay to rape babies
Joel Wright, 23, detained at San Diego airport while carrying baby clothes and $2,000 in cash
A former student priest has been arrested on suspicion of trying to pay to rape a baby and a young girl,