Munich cardinal to remain in office, apologises for role in abuse cases
By CNS – Munich Cardinal Reinhard Marx said he wants to remain in office, at least for the time being, despite findings critical of how he handled some...
Category: Abuse
Vatican editorial defends Pope Benedict XVI
By Junno Arocho Esteves – A Vatican editorial defended retired Pope Benedict XVI’s record in fighting clerical sexual abuse after the release of a report that accused...
Retired Pope Benedict corrects statement for Munich abuse report
By Cindy Wooden – Amending a written statement made to a panel investigating clerical sexual abuse in his former Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, retired Pope Benedict...
Indian Nuns Decry Church Silence on Rape Case
By CNS – Catholic women religious in India have expressed support for a nun days after Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar was acquitted by a court of...
Father Zollner: Retired pope should make personal statement on abuse report
By CNS – Following the publication of an experts’ report on how sexual abuse was handled in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, the German Catholic news agency...
Munich abuse report incriminates Pope Benedict XVI; Vatican to study document
By CNS- A law firm’s report on how abuse cases were handled in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising incriminated retired Pope Benedict XVI, with lawyers accusing...
Polish diocese apologises after suggestion altar server enjoyed rape
By Jonathan Luxmoore – A Polish diocese apologised after its lawyer suggested a former altar server could have enjoyed being sexually molested by a priest, as a...
In Priest’s Abuse Trial, German Archbishop Says He Mishandled Situation
By CNS – In the first testimony ever given by a German Catholic bishop in a court case on abuse, Hamburg Archbishop Stefan Hesse admitted having made...
Spanish bishops meet with pope, vow to investigate sex abuse cases
By Junno Arocho Esteves – In the wake of a newspaper report revealing hundreds of allegations of sexual abuse in Spain, the country’s bishops assured Pope Francis...
Court Acquits Indian Bishop of Raping Nun
By CNS – A court has acquitted Bishop Franco Mulakkal of all charges of raping a nun, saying the prosecution could not prove the allegations against him....
Priest who led diocesan Office of Child Protection charged in abuse case
A retired priest of the Diocese of Arlington, who for seven years oversaw the diocese’s program on protecting minors from clerical sexual abuse, was indicted shortly before...
New Zealand Bishops, religious orders welcome report on abuse
By CNS – Bishops and religious order leaders welcomed an interim redress report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care and said they will...
