Catholic Church Abuse

Report: Thousands Abused In Dutch Catholic Institutions

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 02.14.2012

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — As many as 20,000 children endured sexual abuse at Dutch Catholic institutions over the past 65 years, and church offic...

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The Church's One Simple Phrase For Healing

Kim Michele Richardson | Posted 06.06.2011

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As a survivor of clergy abuse, I remain painfully aware that there have been no apologies from Pope Benedict XVI and his hierarchy.

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Dutch Find 2000 Church Abuse Claims

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The head of a Dutch inquiry into child abuse in the Catholic church school system says yearly complaints are up 100-fol...

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Will Other Catholic Bishops Risk Eternal Damnation?

Kim Michele Richardson | Posted 05.25.2011

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I applaud the fearlessness it must have taken for a bishop to turn over a 1997 letter from the Vatican to the Irish broadcasters, thinking he'd face eternal damnation and excommunication.

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Vatican Warned Irish Bishops Not To Report Abuse

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 05.25.2011

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DUBLIN — A 1997 letter from the Vatican warned Ireland's Catholic bishops not to report all suspected child-abuse cases to police – a disc...

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Church Panel Clears Priest Of Sex Abuse Allegations

Posted 05.25.2011

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A Church-commissioned panel has cleared a Centennial priest suspected of committing sexual abuse in the 1970's. Father Mel Thompson of St. Thomas Mor...

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Vatican Refuses To Accept Resignations Of Bishops Involved In Sex-Abuse Cover-Up

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 05.25.2011

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DUBLIN — Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has told priests that the Vatican has rejected the resignations of his two auxiliary bishops followin...

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74-Year-Old Brazilian Priest Charged With Pedophilia

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 05.25.2011

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RIO DE JANEIRO — A Roman Catholic priest in Brazil is facing charges he abused eight boys in cases dating back to 1995, prosecutors said Wednesd...

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Chilean Priest Allegedly Abused 5 Young Men

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SANTIAGO, Chile — A Chilean prosecutor on Thursday announced a criminal investigation of a popular retired priest accused of sexually abusing fi...

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Vatican To Bishops: Follow Law, Report Sex Abuse

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

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VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Monday responded to allegations it long concealed clerical sex abuse by making it clear for the first time that bi...

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Abuse Cha against Catholic priest roils Kenya

AP | TOM ODULA | Posted 05.25.2011

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NAIROBI, Kenya — After three young men and a boy told police last June an Italian priest had been sexually molesting them for years at a shelter...

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Catholic Church Abuse: European Crisis Lures Back Nightmares For U.S. Victims

AP | JAY LINDSAY | Posted 05.25.2011

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BOSTON — The clergy sex abuse stories surfacing around Europe stir a sickness in Kristen Merrill's stomach and lure back the sweat-covered night...

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Priest Accused Of Abuse In US STILL WORKING In India

AP | PATRICK CONDON and RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Roman Catholic priest was in his native India in 2007 when he was charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl at his for...

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European Bishops Urge Victims To Go To The Police

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI sees the priestly sex scandal as a "test for him and the church," his spokesman said Wednesday, as bishops arou...

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Germany's Catholic Church Launches Sex Abuse Hotline

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Roman Catholic Church in Germany is launching a telephone hotline for victims of sexual abuse....

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Comfort for Disenchanted Catholics

Albert Imperato | Posted 05.25.2011

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As a gay man who has often heard the Catholic Church calling my "lifestyle" sinful, the hypocrisy of it all is clear enough. But I nonetheless feel a deep sympathy and sadness right now.

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Pope Sex Abuse Scandal: In Palm Sunday Sermon, Pope Says He Won't Be Intimidated

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI opened Holy Week on Sunday amid one of the most serious crises facing the church in decades, with protesters in...

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Sex-Abuse Victims: 'It's Always The Church First'

AP | JAY LINDSAY | Posted 05.25.2011

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BOSTON — Two years ago, Bernie McDaid stepped out of a police escort and into a Washington, D.C., chapel for a secret meeting with Pope Benedict...

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Deaf Boys Tried For Decades To Tell Of Priest's Sexual Abuse

New York Times | LAURIE GOODSTEIN and DAVID CALLENDER | Posted 05.25.2011

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They were deaf, but they were not silent. For decades, a group of men who were sexually abused as children by the Rev. Lawrence C. Murphy at a school ...

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Vatican Newspaper Hits Back On Allegations Of Pope's Role In Cover Ups

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Vatican has attacked the media over charges that the Pope failed to act against a US priest accused of abusing up to 200 deaf boys two decades ago...

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Pope's Former Diocese Faces 'Tsunami' Of Abuse Allegations

AP | VERENA SCHMITT-ROSCHMANN | Posted 05.25.2011

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MUNICH — Pope Benedict XVI's former diocese is facing new allegations of physical and sexual abuse on a daily basis, the head of its new sex-abu...

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New Allegations Against Catholic Church Of Mishandling Child Abuse

timesonline.co.uk | David Sharrock | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Catholic Church in Ireland faced allegations of mishandling child sex abuse following claims that a bishop was party to swearing to secrecy a girl abused by a priest in an out-of-court settlement.

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More Ex-Vienna Boys' Choir Members Allege Sexual Abuse By Priests

AP | VERONIKA OLEKSYN | Posted 05.25.2011

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VIENNA — The Vienna Boys' Choir said Wednesday it has heard from eight possible abuse victims following an initial report of allegations last we...

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Man Says He Was Abused By Nun

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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A man says he was abused by a nun while a child - the first such accusation amid widening allegations of sexual misdeeds leveled against Austria's Roman Catholic church.

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Georg Ratzinger, Pope's Brother, Admits Slapping Pupils

AP | MELISSA EDDY and ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 05.25.2011

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BERLIN — The pope's brother said in a newspaper interview published Tuesday that he slapped pupils as punishment after he took over a renowned G...

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