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...
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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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Fresh Woes for Cologne Cardinal as Contracts Investigated
Cologne Archdiocese has ordered an examination of contracts awarded by Cardinal Woelki and his vicar-general By CNS – Cardinal Rainer Maria...
