Topic: clerical abuse crisis
Vatican names new nuncio to Ireland
Posted on 28 November 2011.Crucial post is given to Mgr Charles Brown, an Irish American who has served for almost 20 years at the CDF
There’s no excuse for clerical child abuse: but it needs to be recognised that the sexual abuse of minors is more common in secular society
Posted on 28 November 2011.The danger of scapegoating the Church is that it has given society an excuse not to address the problem
New movement says founder was an abuser
Posted on 17 November 2011.The Community of the Beatitudes, based in France, admits sexual abuse was committed by its founder and other senior figures
Heavy-handed child protection is eroding trust in Catholic schools
Posted on 17 November 2011.Monks and other members of staff at Downside are now being treated with caution
Court rules that Church is liable for crimes of priests
Posted on 10 November 2011.Ruling defines the relationship of a priest to his bishop as that of employee to an employer
Ealing Abbey to hand over control of school
Posted on 09 November 2011.Benedictines will no longer run school in west London following allegations of clerical sex abuse said to have occurred over 20 years
Ireland to close embassy to Holy See
Posted on 04 November 2011.Ireland’s foreign minister says closure is for economic reasons and is not related to the Cloyne report row
The broadcaster RTÉ has apologised for falsely accusing a priest of abuse. It’s not the first time for Irish media, sadly
Posted on 10 October 2011.Let us hope they will be more careful in future
Benedict XVI meets German clerical abuse victims
Posted on 24 September 2011.Spokesman says Pope was ‘deeply shaken’ by encounter
Should a Taoiseach’s statements be factually true or merely emotionally satisfactory?
Posted on 09 September 2011.Surely, one lesson has been learned from the abuse crisis: lies and half-truths can be deadly
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