Category - sexual abuse

Pope apologises for priests' sexual abuse in Australia

staff writers — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:24:44 +0100

Pope Benedict XVI, leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, has told Australians he is deeply sorry for the sexual abuse of children by some Catholic priests and has said that those responsible must be brought to justice.

Archbishop of Canterbury says sorry for child abuse errors

staff writers — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:16:09 +0100

Dr Rowan Williams has expressed his "deep sorrow" over mistakes made by the Church of England in the Peter Halliday child abuse case, affirming its tough policy and calling for vigilance.

No room for church complacency on sex abuse

Simon Barrow — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:53:40 +0100

Peter Halliday, aged 61, from Farnborough, has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison earlier, after pleading guilty to sexual abuse of boys in Hampshire in the 1980s.

Church claims Halliday abuse mistake wouldn’t happen now

staff writers — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:30:35 +0100

After the jailing of a choirmaster for sexual abuse against children in the 1980s, the Church of England says that the mistake of failing to report an abuser to the police would not happen now. But the case highlights the need for extra vigilance and robust child protection policies.

Child protection is our priority, says Church of England

staff writers — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:15:31 +0100

Amid accusations that it has failed to act properly in abuse cases stemming from the past, the Church of England has made child safety a priority. Its current policies and procedures are demonstrably rigorous and caring, it says.

Southern Baptist pressured to take action against sexual abuse

staff writers — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:48:37 +0000

A network of sexual abuse victims' advocates originally set up to challenge the Catholic Church in the USA has started to pressure the president of the Southern Baptists, America's largest Protestant denomination, to take action against abusive ministers and elders in its ranks.

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

Ashleigh — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:39:37 +0100

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