Ireland to Reassess Claims of Magdalene Laundries Victims
Women who worked in Ireland’s “Magdalene laundries” but were denied compensation under the state’s Magdalene Restorative Justice programme have won...
Abuse
Vatican begins investigation of Archbishop McCarrick
James Grein, a Virginia man who said Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick, former archbishop of Washington, sexually abused him for years...
Women: How We Were Abused in the Church
Three female survivors of sexual abuse by priests called on Church leaders preparing for a February summit at the Vatican...
Priests and Bishops Attend Family Violence Conference
Priests and bishops from various dioceses attended a conference on the family and violence in Benoni, Gauteng. The guest speakers,...
German Prosecutors Launch Crackdown on Church Sex Abuse
German police and prosecutors are launching investigations into clergy sexual abuse following the release of a report containing evidence of...
Tlhagale: Halo of Priesthood is Now Broken
Archbishop Buti Tlhagale of Johannesburg has called for the excommunication of all priests who abuse minors, and spoke with concern about the anger of young South Africans at what he called “broken promises”.
Answers on Jesuit Abuse Case
Fr David Rowan SJ, Regional superior, Society of Jesus in South Africa – Although all the issues raised have been...
Clear Answers Needed Now on SA Church Abuse
Mervyn Pollitt, Waterfall, KZN – The case of a Jesuit priest’s sexual abuse of William Segodisho in the late 1980s...
Why I Won’t Vote With My Feet
Cecil Cullen, Johannesburg – Reflecting on the sex abuse scandals, we humans are called to worship our God, and being...
