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  • Published on 10:56 GMT

    Philip Wilson, former Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide, dies aged 70

    Former Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide Philip Wilson has died aged 70. Key points: The Adelaide Archdiocese said while he had suffered ill health, his death was sudden Emeritus Archbishop Wilson went through a high-profile court case in 2018, before his …

    Source: ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - Public Broadcaster
  • Published on Jan 16, 2021

    North Dakota clergy sex abuse survivors say Catholic reforms too little, too late

    Not until he saw a psychiatrist in the late 1980s did he understand why the recurring sensations affected him so deeply. Memories of sexual abuse involving a Catholic priest from the early 1950s, beginning when he was 9 years old, flooded back. Becker, now …

    Source: Brainerd Dispatch - Minnesota - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 16, 2021

    OTHER VIEWS: Victims of child sexual abuse need more time to confront their abusers

    That seldom happens, because of the difficulty of presenting evidence and because of the sense of shame that all too often keeps this horrible crime hidden in secrecy, allowing the abusers to remain untouched by the law. Even when child sex abuse victims …

    Source: Grand Forks Herald - North Dakota - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 14, 2021

    Carlton County priest listed as 'credibly accused' of sexual abuse

    The Diocese of Duluth has added a former Carlton County priest to its list of clergy deemed "credibly accused" of child sexual abuse. The Rev. David Tushar had served as a priest in Northeastern Minnesota for nearly 35 years when he was placed on …

    Source: Duluth News Tribune - Minnesota - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 14, 2021

    Supreme Court of Canada decision coming today in N.L.’s Mount Cashel sex abuse case

    ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — A decision today from Canada’s highest court will determine whether a decades-long legal battle over sexual abuse that took place at the Mount Cashel orphanage in St. John’s, N.L., will finally come to an end. The Supreme Court of Canada …

    Source: 680News - Neutral
  • Published on 11:30 GMT

    Controversial cleric dies in Adelaide

    The former Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide, Philip Wilson, who was convicted but later acquitted on charges of covering up child sex abuse in NSW, has died aged 70. He had suffered a series of health issues in recent years, including cancer, but his death …

    Source: PerthNow - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 15, 2021

    A 'time of crisis' for Poland's Catholic Church

    It was a gloomy forecast for the Polish Catholic Church. "I say it's a dark night for the church," said Zbigniew Nosowski, one of Poland’s prominent intellectuals. "It is a difficult time of crisis." Nosowski, a sociologist and …

    Source: National Catholic Reporter - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 15, 2021

    Fisher to be installed as 15th Bishop of Buffalo Friday

    BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – On Friday, the Most Reverend Michael Fisher will be installed as the 15th Bishop of Buffalo, inheriting a Catholic diocese that has been hit with a number of sexual abuse-related lawsuits over the past 17 months, has filed for …

    Source: WIVB 4 - New York - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 13, 2021

    Priest accused of abetting alleged sex abuse ring hired by diocesan charity

    VATICAN CITY (RNS) — On a scorching day in August 2015, the mother of a teenage girl walked into the confessional of a small church near the Sicilian city of Catania, in southern Italy. She believed that the leader of her lay Catholic group, a man known as …

    Source: Religion News Service - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 14, 2021

    Church’s liability to victims confirmed as legal battle over Mount Cashel abuse ends

    By Sarah Smellie, The Canadian Press on January 14, 2021. ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – The Supreme Court of Canada has refused a bid by the Roman Catholic archdiocese in St. John’s to appeal a ruling that found it liable for sexual abuse at the former Mount Cashel …

    Source: Lethbridge Herald - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 14, 2021

    Port: Catholics fighting bill requiring priests report child abuse

    It's encapsulated in section 50-25.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code and, put in simple terms, it lays out a list of occupations that must report any evidence of child abuse they receive, ranging from neglect to molestation. The law has an …

    Source: The Jamestown Sun - North Dakota - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 12, 2021

    Priest who spoke at Sen. Kennedy's funeral denies sex abuse

    BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) - A Roman Catholic priest who delivered the homily at U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy’s funeral in 2009 has pleaded not guilty to child sexual abuse. The Rev. Mark Hession was released on $2,500 bail Monday after his arraignment in Barnstable …

    Source: The Washington Times - Right-wing
  • Published on Jan 14, 2021

    How Catholics got conned by Donald Trump

    A supporter of President Donald Trump takes part in a rally at Beverly Hills Gardens Park in Beverly Hills, California, Jan. 9, 2021. (CNS/Reuters/Ringo Chiu) It was never about "pro-life." Many Americans, including Catholics, voted for …

    Source: National Catholic Reporter - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 14, 2021

    North Dakota bill would force priests to violate confession seal in abuse cases

    Denver Newsroom, Jan 13, 2021 / 09:01 pm MT (CNA).- Three North Dakota state legislators introduced a bill this week that would oblige Catholic priests to violate the seal of confession in cases of confirmed or suspected child abuse, on penalty of …

    Source: Catholic News Agency - Right-wing
  • Published on Jan 14, 2021

    Maryland Catholic Conference set to work virtually with legislators amid pandemic

    By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review The staff of the Maryland Catholic Conference will find it a little more difficult to work with legislators in Annapolis as the 2021 session of the General Assembly opens Jan. 13. “The committee hearings will all be …

    Source: Dialog - Delaware - Uncategorized
  • Published on Jan 13, 2021

    Irish church and state apologise for callous mother and baby home institutions

    The Irish state and Ireland’s Catholic church have made landmark apologies for running and enabling a network of religious institutions that abused and shamed unmarried mothers and their children for much of the 20th century. The taoiseach, Micheál Martin, …

    Source: The Guardian - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 13, 2021

    Girls as young as 12 were among 56,000 mothers sent to hellish Church homes

    Girls as young as 12 were among the 56,000 mothers in Ireland's mother and baby homes, whose harrowing experiences have been laid bare by the disturbing report revealed yesterday. They and their children were subjected to very high infant mortality …

    Source: Daily Mail - Right-wing
  • Published on Jan 13, 2021

    Links: Moral relativism after Capitol coup, liturgical law and a rogue priest

    At the National Catholic Register, Princeton Professor Robert George demonstrates moral relativism in the worst way. He admits, "People who are characterizing this as an attack on our constitutional system are not wrong. It was directed precisely at …

    Source: National Catholic Reporter - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 12, 2021

    Priest Who Spoke At Sen. Kennedy’s Funeral Pleads Not Guilty To Rape Charges

    BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest who delivered the homily at U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy’s funeral in 2009 has pleaded not guilty to child sexual abuse. The Rev. Mark Hession was released on $2,500 bail Monday after his arraignment in Barnstable …

    Source: WBZ Boston - Massachusetts - Neutral
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