An apologetic Vatican acknowledged “grave failures” in its handling of child sex abuse in the Cloyne diocese, however has rejected claims that it in any way hampered a clerical child abuse inquiry, and said the accusation against it was unfounded. In a long-awaited 24 page report the Vatican expressed deep concern at the findings and “abhorrence” Read more
County Donegal in Ireland is about to have its bucolic image shattered by a report into how paedophiles, both clergy and laity, abused children for decades, and how the Police were complicit in the cover-up.
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It is now thirty years since revelations of sexual abuse of minors by priests first began to appear. How far have we progressed in the task of eradicating this cancer? What lessons have we learned? “For whatever mere words are worth, apologies have been made. Processes have been established that have enabled many people to Read more
The Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has posted online the names 159 priests and deacons who have been accused of child sexual abuse. The list was made public to assist survivors and protect children. Another 91 sex abusers also faced some level of accusation including 62 dead priests who have not been publicly accused and 22, mostly Read more
“Inadequate” is how the Irish Association for Catholic Priests (ACP) has labelled Bishop John Magee’s first interview since the publication of the report. ACP spokesman, Fr Tony Flannery said five minutes on the doorstep was not adequate given the questions raised by the Murphy report. “While we welcome his interview we don’t feel it’s enough. Read more
A Niagara Falls man who preyed on a Catholic priest’s fear of being falsely accused as a sexual predator will spend another eight months behind bars.
Read the article...The ‘partial release’ of internal files held by the Vatican, on a priest accused of sexually abusing boys in Ireland and the US, was not an indication of a changing church, abuse victims have said.
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Elitist and narcissist is how Irish Prime Minister, Enda Kenny has described the Vatican’s handling of the sexual abuse scandal in Ireland. Kenny said after three government reports on clerical abuse and cover-ups rocked one of Europe’s most devout societies, the church needs to be “truly and deeply penitent for the horrors it perpetrated, hid and Read more
The Dublin Archdiocese could be on the verge of financial collapse as it tries to manage the child abuse payouts. Declining numbers of Catholics attending Mass and fewer donations are also significant contributing factors. The Irish Catholic reports that reserves built up by the diocese have been spent. A senior administrator for the archdiocese said Read more
The Vatican published online more than 70 pages of documents which, it said, prove the Vatican had no knowledge of a priest’s sexual misconduct until he and his religious order petitioned for his laicisation.
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