
Fighting abuse: What Pope Francis has done during his pontificate
…or legal coercion. As such, tackling abuse and fostering healing require constant personal conversion, he has said. The pope has also widened the scope of abuse to include not just…
…or legal coercion. As such, tackling abuse and fostering healing require constant personal conversion, he has said. The pope has also widened the scope of abuse to include not just…
…on sex abuse in the Catholic Church and past failures by the church to root out abusers and to protect the innocent. The entire public — including Catholics — can…
…working to remove offenders, assist victims, and prevent further abuse. “Ever since I first met victims of clergy child sexual abuse in 1988, I have seen the immense pain that…
…Rome, sent Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, an experienced investigator, to Chile to conduct interviews. After the pope left Chile and flew on to Peru, the topic of abuse was…
…victims of clerical sexual abuse; working to end the abuse and exploitation of children and young people online; and working with civil authorities to end sex tourism. The summit brought…
…will be accountable not just for protecting minors against abuse but also for protecting seminarians, novices, and members of religious orders from violence and sexual abuse stemming from an abuse…
…abuse crisis. The report urged church leaders to “provide full financial transparency regarding all aspects of the (abuse) crisis, include how donations are used.” The report also called upon bishops…
…acts that have occurred in the Chilean church in relation to those unacceptable abuses of power, of conscience, and sexual abuse that have resulted in the lessening of the prophetic…
…substantiated allegation of child sexual abuse,” the fact sheet said. “While allegations of abuse were being investigated, priests were placed on administrative leave and/or sent for professional psychological evaluation.” The…
…during the inaugural ceremony of the Center for Investigation of Abuse and Early Prevention at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, the pope praised the center’s aim to “not only…
…abuse claims is here. From Bishop Ronald W. Gainer of Harrisburg: “I read the grand jury report on child sexual abuse with great sadness, for once again we read that…
…that the abuse of power must end for trust to be restored for sexual abuse victims, who feel that they were ignored and not taken seriously by the Chilean church….
…sex abuse crisis in 2000, the U.S. bishops in 2002 approved procedures and protocols for addressing allegations of abuse. But Shapiro seemed to cast doubt that it was enough. “They…
…allegation of sexual abuse of a minor,” according to information provided by the archdiocese. The second class is comprised of 107 claims involving abuse by a religious order priest, brother,…
…clerical abuse. Only a small number of abusive priests — and of sexual abusers in the general population — can be formally classified as pedophiles, according to the clinical definition…
…of abuse; transferring the accused to other places where they continue to abuse; or trying to reach monetary settlements to buy silence.” To understand the full depth of the crisis,…
…a statewide grand jury found. At least 50 priests or religious leaders were involved in the abuse and diocesan leaders systematically concealed the abuse to protect the church’s image, according…
…and continue to move solutions to abuse forward. “Don’t stagnate it, or slow it down,” said Cesareo during a question-and-answer period following his report. He said if action against abuse…
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service SANTIAGO, Chile (CNS) — Pope Francis, in his first formal speech in Chile, asked forgiveness from those who were sexually abused by priests….
…VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In the wake of a papal investigation into abuse of power, negligence and the cover-up of sexual abuse in the church in Chile, Pope Francis has…
…prayers for the church in Chile and hoped the meetings would be “a crucial step to repair and forever avoid the abuses of conscience, power and especially sexual [abuse] in…
By Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service ROME (CNS) — Three Chilean abuse survivors who met with Pope Francis said his apology to them must be accompanied by concrete…
…the abuse crisis. Administrative solutions involving new policies and norms are not enough, he has said. He told Chile’s bishops that abuse and its cover-up “are indicators that something is…
…help to combat the scourge of clerical child sex abuse. Bishop Egan told the pope his letter was prompted by the “terrible abuse of minors by clergy” documented by the…
…Pope Francis and bishops attending the Vatican summit on child protection and the abuse crisis. The meeting began Feb. 21 with the harrowing stories of survivors of sexual abuse, cover-up,…
…sexually abused minors. (CNS photo | Nancy Wiechec) By Mark Pattison | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The sexual abuse allegations surrounding now-former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick have prompted…
…premise envisions that such a board would review abuse allegations or complaints of improper handling of an abuse claim by any bishop. Just such a body has been sought since…
…work to ensure that child sexual abuse never happens in our Church again. Tragically, child sexual abuse extends beyond the Catholic Church. Americans have learned of the shocking scale and…
…hard to reconcile with the news of a credible and substantiated claim of abuse of a minor.” “The abuse of anyone who is vulnerable is both shameful and horrific. The…
…child sex abuse claims in six Pennsylvania dioceses. Some weeks before that were the allegations against Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick that he abused a minor more than 47 years ago…