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Vatican law: Priests, nuns must report sex abuse, cover-up

May 9, 2019 admin Church, latest news, Latest News Stories, nuns, Pope Francis, Sex abuse, Vatican, World

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 10:20:15 +0000

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis issued a groundbreaking law Thursday requiring all Catholic priests and nuns around the world to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-up by their superiors to church authorities, in a groundbreaking new effort to hold the Catholic hierarchy accountable for failing to protect their flocks.

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Religious superiors to get training on nun abuse cases

May 2, 2019 admin abuse, latest news, Latest News Stories, nuns, Vatican, World

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 14:06:26 +0000

VATICAN CITY – The head of the international umbrella group of nuns says religious sisters are increasingly speaking out about sexual and other forms of abuse by clergy and says their superiors must be better trained to understand the problem and respond.

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Duterte says Catholic Church has to reform

February 8, 2019 admin abused, Catholic Church, duterte, Latest News Stories, Nation, nuns, priests, reform, sexually

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 11:40:09 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said the Catholic Church should reform, following the admission of Pope Francis that priests have sexually abused nuns. “Now you see, the Pope is in Dubai, he admitted yesterday that the priests have sexually abused the nuns, really,” Duterte said during the Peace and Order Summit for […]

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Pope publicly acknowledges clergy sexual abuse of nuns

February 5, 2019 admin Catholic Church, Latest News Stories, nuns, Pope Francis, sexual abuse, Women, World

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 22:30:29 +0000

Pope Francis on Tuesday publicly acknowledged the scandal of priests and bishops sexually abusing nuns and vowed to do more to fight the problem, the latest sign that there is no end in sight to the Catholic Church’s abuse crisis — and that it now has a reckoning from the #MeToo movement.

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