Posted on 28 November 2011. Tags: Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza, clerical abuse crisis, Enda Kenny, Irish Church, Mgr Charles BrownCrucial post is given to Mgr Charles Brown, an Irish American who has served for almost 20 years at the CDF
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Posted on 28 November 2011. Tags: clerical abuse crisis, Dr Pravin Thevathasan, Pope Benedict XVIThe danger of scapegoating the Church is that it has given society an excuse not to address the problem
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Posted on 17 November 2011. Tags: clerical abuse crisis, Community of the BeatitudesThe Community of the Beatitudes, based in France, admits sexual abuse was committed by its founder and other senior figures
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Posted on 17 November 2011. Tags: clerical abuse crisis, Downside, Downside Abbey, Ealing Abbey, St Benedict's school, St John BoscoMonks and other members of staff at Downside are now being treated with caution
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Posted on 10 November 2011. Tags: clerical abuse crisis, criminal justice, Diocese of PortsmouthRuling defines the relationship of a priest to his bishop as that of employee to an employer
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Posted on 09 November 2011. Tags: Benedictine, Benedictine monks, Bishop John Arnold, clerical abuse crisis, Ealing, Ealing Abbey, Fr David Pearce, Fr Laurence Soper, Lord Carlile of Berriew, St Benedict's schoolBenedictines will no longer run school in west London following allegations of clerical sex abuse said to have occurred over 20 years
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Posted on 04 November 2011. Tags: Cardinal Seán Brady, clerical abuse crisis, Eamon Gilmore, Ireland, Irish ChurchIreland’s foreign minister says closure is for economic reasons and is not related to the Cloyne report row
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Posted on 24 September 2011. Tags: clerical abuse crisis, Erfurt, Papal visit to Germany, Pope Benedict XVISpokesman says Pope was ‘deeply shaken’ by encounter
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Posted on 09 September 2011. Tags: clerical abuse crisis, Cloyne Report, Diocese of Cloyne, Enda Kenny, Irish ChurchSurely, one lesson has been learned from the abuse crisis: lies and half-truths can be deadly
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