Tag: Catholic sex abuse scandal
Cardinal George Pell, Pope Francis' top financial adviser and the Vatican's economy minister, bowed his head...
Most senior Catholic charged with child sex abuse convicted in Australia
by: Rod McGuirk, Feb 25, 2019 MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The most senior Catholic cleric ever charged with child sex abuse has been convicted of molesting two choirboys moments afterRead More
Pope Francis called for the eradication of abuse both inside and outside the Catholic Church.
Pope Francis calls for “all-out battle” against child sex abuse
by: Jack Jenkins, Feb 24, 2019 VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In his final address to nearly 190 bishops attending this week’s Vatican summit on sex abuse, Pope Francis called forRead More
“Files that could have documented the terrible deeds and named those responsible were destroyed, or not even created,”
At Vatican summit, talk of destroyed files riles bishops’ critics
by: Jack Jenkins, Feb 23, 2019 VATICAN CITY (RNS) — On a day packed with emotion and unusually direct criticism of the Catholic church hierarchy, victims of church abuse respondedRead More
Manzano, Zanchetta's onetime vicar general, or top deputy, said he was one of the diocesan officials who raised the alarm about his boss...
Ex-deputy to Argentine bishop says Vatican knew of misdeeds
by: Almudena Calatrava Jan 21, 2019 ORAN, Argentina (AP) – The Vatican received information in 2015 and 2017 that an Argentine bishop close to Pope Francis had taken naked selfies,Read More