Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 03:26:19 +0000
Thousands of accusations of sexual abuse and harassment of migrant children in government-funded shelters were made over the past four years, including scores directed against adult staff members, according to federal data released Tuesday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 23:35:08 +0000
At least 28 priests are credibly accused of having sexually abused more than 100 boys and girls while working for a Roman Catholic diocese in Iowa, church officials announced Monday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: RALPH VILLANUEVA| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 09:46:25 +0000
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said the “only solution” to address the cases of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church would be to allow priests to marry. Duterte’s statement came…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 22:44:25 +0000
Pope Francis closed out his extraordinary summit on preventing clergy sex abuse by vowing Sunday to confront abusers with “the wrath of God” felt by the faithful, end the cover-ups by their superiors, and prioritize the victims of this “brazen, aggressive and destructive evil.”
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 10:02:44 +0000
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis warned church leaders summoned Thursday to a landmark sex abuse prevention summit that the Catholic faithful are demanding more than just condemnation of the crimes of priests but concrete action to respond to the scandal.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 22:12:53 +0000
Survivors of clergy sex abuse on Wednesday demanded transparency, zero tolerance for abuse and accountability for religious superiors who cover up for rapists, setting a confrontational tone on the eve of Pope Francis’ high-stakes abuse prevention summit.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 11:13:36 +0000
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis says that those who are constantly attacking the church are linked to the devil.
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Credit to Author: Josiah Hesse| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 19:50:10 +0000
Dan Reed, director of ‘Leaving Neverland,’ spoke to us about his new film, which details allegations of sexual misconduct against the king of pop.
Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 07:42:52 +0000
A Roman Catholic priest, initially detained for sexual abuse, was arrested again Tuesday for allegedly molesting over 50 other victims.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 04:49:33 +0000
Denise Buchanan was 17 when she was raped by a seminarian who continued to abuse her when he became a priest in her native Jamaica. The Catholic Church, she says, has offered her nothing but their “prayers.”
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