Vatican Ireland

The Church's One Simple Phrase For Healing

Kim Michele Richardson | Posted 06.06.2011

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Kim Michele Richardson

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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Will Other Catholic Bishops Risk Eternal Damnation?

Kim Michele Richardson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kim Michele Richardson

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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