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Tag Archives: seminaries
Full text of Benedict XVI: ‘The Church and the scandal of sexual abuse’
Catholic News Agency Vatican City, Apr 10, 2019 / 04:23 pm (CNA).- The following is a previously unpublished essay from Pope emeritus Benedict XVI: On February 21 to 24, at the invitation of Pope Francis, the presidents of the world’s … Continue reading
Posted in Accused or charged, Bishops, Clerical sexual predators, Germany, homosexual, Pope Francis, Scandal, Vatican
Tagged Canon Law, Clerical sexual predators, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, homosexual, paedophiles, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II, seminaries, Vatican, Vatican II
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“Prominent French priest and Vatican adviser accused in sex scandal” & related articles
RNS Religion News ServiceMay 20, 2016 By David Gibson and Tom Heneghan Photo courtesy of By Peter Potrowl, via Wikimedia Commons Monsignor Tony Anatrella during a conference in Lille (Nord, France). (RNS) For years, seminaries and monasteries around France sent students … Continue reading
Posted in Accused or charged, Bishops, Circling the wagons, Clerical sexual predators, Europe, homosexual, Pope Francis, Scandal, Vatican
Tagged counsellor, Cover-up, duty to report, homosexual, homosexuality, monastery, Monsignor Tony Anatrella, Pontifical Commission for Protection of Minors, seminarians, seminaries, sex abuse allegations, therapist, Vatican
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Assessment for clergy candidates flawed, sex inquiry hears
The Courier 14 Feb 2017, 6:30 p.m. Melissa Cunningham @MeljCunningham Clergy sexual abuse victims Gordon Hill and Emma Furness at the child abuse hearing in Sydney. A lack of understanding and compassion may have caused Catholic priests to hear the confessions of clergy … Continue reading
Seminarian screening aims to prevent abuse
The National Catholic Reporter 02 August 2012 By Monica Clark SANTA CLARA, Calif. — When the U.S. bishops adopted the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People in 2002 to put an end to the sexual abuse of … Continue reading
Tagged Dallas Charter, screening, seminaries
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A sordid saga of sex abuse, recycling, lies and deception
Father Barry Glendinning and Paul MacCarthy A sordid saga of sex abuse, recycling, lies and deception [ The information in the following saga is drawn from media coverage and my own personal knowledge, the latter attained both though interviews I … Continue reading
Articles re visitation report on the the Irish college in Rome
Priests furious at inspection into ‘gay-friendly’ Irish college independent.ie 16 June 2012 Papal Nuncio Archbishop Charles John Brown, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin and Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Papal Legate, with Taoiseach Enda Kenny at a reception to mark the 50th International Eucharistic … Continue reading
Belgian Catholic Church to ‘screen’ for paedophile priests
The Telegraph (www.telegraph.co.uk) 20 September 2011 Belgium’s Roman Catholic hierarchy, drawing lessons from a child sex scandal rocking the church, has decided to subject would-be priests to psychological tests to weed out potential paedophiles. Under a new code of conduct … Continue reading
Tagged Bishop, seminaries
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One man’s life, and how the church he loved let him down
The Sydney Morning Herald September 17, 2011 Martin Daly Bitter memories: Adelaide Archbishop John Hepworth. Photo: David Mariuz THERE have been few certainties in the complex and troubled world of John Hepworth. His childhood was seared by poverty, loneliness and aggression. From the age … Continue reading
Tagged Allegations, Bishop, financial, paedophile, seminaries
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Tests aim to weed out abusers
Rev. Stevan Wlusek of the diocese of London says candidates for the priesthood face rigorous screening. Photograph by: Dan Janisse, The Windsor Star, The Windsor Star Candidates for clergy face close scrutiny Trevor Wilhelm July 23, 2011 The Windsor Star Potential … Continue reading