Tag: Abuse
Cardinal Pell awaits sentencing
Cardinal George Pell did not apply for bail today after being found guilty of historical sexual abuse and was taken into custody.
He will remain...
Fr Frank Brennan SJ: The Pell Verdict
The suppression order in relation to Cardinal George Pell has been lifted. In December, a jury
of twelve of his fellow citizens found him guilty...
Letters from the Vatican #6
Reports and Commentary, from Rome and Elsewhere, on the Meeting for the Protection of Minors. A special international journalistic collaboration between The Catholic Herald, First...
Measures to protect minors are imminent, says summit moderator
While the four-day Vatican summit on the protection of minors has ended, the work to ensure that laws and concrete actions are in place...
Francis: time for ‘all-out battle’ against the crime of abuse
The time has come for an "all-out battle" against the abuse of minors, erasing this abominable crime from the face of the earth, Pope...
Coleridge: True conversion needed
The Church needs a true conversion, Brisbane's Archbishop Coleridge told abuse summit.
Pope, bishops confess failure to prevent abuse
https://youtu.be/g8p2d6Avp14
In an opulent Vatican room designed in the 16th century for papal meetings with kings, a cardinal read, "We confess that we have shielded...
Vatican official urges reconsidering ‘pontifical secret’ in abuse cases
https://youtu.be/xILnk32QstM
The Catholic Church should re-examine how "pontifical secret" is applied in clerical sex abuse cases so there is greater transparency in the cases and...
Letters from the Vatican #5
Reports and Commentary, from Rome and Elsewhere, on the Meeting for the Protection of Minors. A special international journalistic collaboration between The Catholic Herald, First...
Letters from the Vatican #4
Reports and Commentary, from Rome and Elsewhere, on the Meeting for the Protection of Minors. A special international journalistic collaboration between The Catholic Herald, First...
Pope opens Vatican abuse summit
In his opening remarks, the Pope prayed that the bishops would "listen to the cry of the little ones".
Letters from the Vatican #2
EXCLUSIVE - The view from (and in) the US
Reports and Commentary, from Rome and Elsewhere, on the Meeting for the Protection of Minors. A special...
