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Category - sex abuse

9 Mar 2013

Catholic Church in Scotland faces fresh abuse cover-up allegations

The BBC says it has seen evidence that Scottish Catholic bishops knew about 20 allegations of child sex abuse by priests between 1985 and 1995.
20 Feb 2013

Cardinal Turkson child abuse blunder may damage papal prospects

Cardinal Peter Turkson may have badly damaged his prospects of becoming pope by suggesting that child sexual abuse is not a major problem in churches in Africa because homosexuality is looked on negatively. The remark is not only offensive but also reveals a dangerous ignorance that may undermine attempts to protect children.
11 Feb 2013

Abuse survivors will continue legal action against Pope

Sex abuse survivors say they want the resignation of Pope Benedict to strengthen the struggle for true accountability within the Catholic Church.
6 Apr 2011

Australian bishop retires early, 'drained' by abuse scandals

The Pope has accepted the early resignation of a bishop in Australia whose diocese has been beset by several prominent sex-abuse scandals.
4 Apr 2010

Catholic leaders' Easter sermons sound penitent note over abuse 'crimes'

Churches across Britain and Ireland - and especially Catholic leaders - have used Easter Sunday sermons to address the Catholic Church's handling of its global child abuse scandal.
1 Apr 2010

German Catholic abuse hotline welcomed, but much more is needed say critics

The Roman Catholic Church in Germany has launched an official telephone hotline for victims of sexual abuse in its institutions. Critics say it is still too little, too late.
29 Mar 2010

Clerical abuse in the news - a US view

In the matter of clerical abuse, justice must be done, says Martin Marty. But how and by whom the story gets told also matters. So why have Protestants and other Christians been so relatively quiet on the Catholic crisis?
28 Mar 2010

Protesters call for Pope's resignation over allegations of sex abuse cover up

Palm Sunday worshippers were startled to face strong protests against the Pope and calls for his resignation as "an accomplice in sex crimes" outside London's Westminster Cathedral.
3 Oct 2006

Panorama fails to expose true issues of church sex abuse, says survivors group

The chairperson and founder of the group Minister and Clergy Sexual Abuse Survivors, Margaret Kennedy, has said that the BBC Panorama documentary attacking the Catholic Church over child sexual abuse

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