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Australian catholic church pays $212m to abuse victims

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Sylvia
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billsinsider.com Feb 17, 2017 By Violet Tucker “The Commission’s experience is that many survivors face barriers which deter them from reporting abuse to authorities and to the institution in which the abuse occurred”, Furness said. According to data released February … Continue reading →

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“Senate calls on Pell to return to Australia” & related articles

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Sylvia
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SBS.com.au 8 Feb 2017 – 8:50pm   8 Feb 2017 – 6:28 PM  UPDATED YESTERDAY 8:50 PM The Senate has called on Cardinal George Pell to return to Australia to assist police investigations (AAP) AAP   The Senate has called on Cardinal George Pell … Continue reading →

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Here is the shocking opening address to the royal commission about child abuse in the Catholic church

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Sylvia
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Sky News (skynews.com.au) Feb 6, 2017, 1:34 PM Simon Thomsen Senior counsel assisting Gail Furness SC addresses the royal commission. Source: screenshot The royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse opened its first hearings for 2017 in Sydney … Continue reading →

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“Australian Catholic Church warns congregation ahead of final ‘grim’ royal commission hearing” & related articles

Posted on February 4, 2017 by Sylvia
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ABC News (Australia) 03 February 2017 By Philippa McDonald Updated Fri at 2:56am Catholic Church leaders throughout Australia are warning church-goers and school parents about the release of data on Monday at the child sex abuse royal commission, describing it … Continue reading →

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Sex Abuse Scandals Cost US Catholic Church Nearly $3 Billion Over 8 Years

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Sylvia
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The Christian Post April 3, 2014|9:13 am By Leonardo Blair , CP Reporter (Photo: Reuters/Stefano Rellandini) A Vatican security agent stands among the priests as Pope Francis leads a mass in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican, May 19, 2013. … Continue reading →

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Catholic Church reveals scale of sex abuse

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Sylvia
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swissinfo.ch 15 September 2011 by Jessica Dacey, swissinfo.ch Abbot Martin Werlen at a media conference in Bern (Keystone) The Catholic Church in Switzerland has released new details of sexual abuse committed by priests and pastoral workers over the past 60 years. … Continue reading →

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Priests blamed for ‘significant percentage’ of sex abuse cases

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Sylvia
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independent.ie Friday 12 August 2011  By Greg Harkin A “SIGNIFICANT percentage” of complaints to counselling services in Co Donegal relate to allegations about clerical sex abuse. The National Counselling Service for the north-west has dealt with 2,000 abuse victims in … Continue reading →

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Fall in Catholic child abuse claims

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Sylvia
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WalesOnline.co.uk Jul 28 2010 by Ciaran Jones, Western Mail CHILD abuse allegations in the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales fell in 2009, according to a new report. And a senior Catholic priest in Wales said the figures, released … Continue reading →

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