Tag Archives: Vatican Child Protection Commission

“Canadian Sex Abuse Survivors Shed Their Shame At Historic Vatican Summit” & “Canadian shares story of abuse with church officials ahead of Vatican summit”

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Sylvia
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Canadian Sex Abuse Survivors Shed Their Shame At Historic Vatican Summit People from around the world have gathered to push for reform within the Catholic Church. Huffington Post    Canada 23 February 2019 By Samantha Beattie Simone Padovani/Awakening From left to … Continue reading →

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“Vatican abuse summit: Cardinal says files were destroyed” & related articles

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Sylvia
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BBC News 23 February 2019 A senior Roman Catholic Cardinal has said that files documenting child sexual abuse were destroyed, allowing offences to continue. German Cardinal Reinhard Marx told a conference on paedophilia in the Church that procedures to prosecute … Continue reading →

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Pope Francis address after closing Mass at Vatican Summit

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Sylvia
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[As found on Vatican Website:    “Abuse of Minors.  The Church’s Response ” ] Francis Speeches 2019 February [ AR  – DE  – EN  – ES  – FR  – IT  – PL  – PT ]   MEETING “THE PROTECTION OF MINORS IN THE CHURCH” [Vatican’s New Synod … Continue reading →

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Pope Francis decries critics of church as ‘friends of the devil’

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Sylvia
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Pontiff disturbed over tide of accusations prior to Vatican summit on sexual abuse Wed 20 Feb 2019 17.08 GMT Last modified on Wed 20 Feb 2019 19.28 GMT Angela Giuffrida7 Pope Francis with priests at the end of his weekly general audience … Continue reading →

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“Pope candidly admits Church ‘arrived late’ in confronting abuse” & related article

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Sylvia
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Reuters September 21, 2017 / 10:36 AM / Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis, in some of his most candid and personal comments on the sexual abuse of children by priests, said on Thursday that the Catholic Church … Continue reading →

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“Lone survivor on Vatican abuse commission resigns in frustration” & related articles

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Sylvia
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National Catholic Reporter Joshua J. McElwee  |  Mar. 1, 2017 Marie Collins (CNS photo/Carol Glatz) The only active member of Pope Francis’ new commission on clergy sexual abuse who is an abuse survivor has resigned from the group due to … Continue reading →

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Pope Francis names first members of child sex abuse commission

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Sylvia
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Archbishop of Boston Sean O’Malley and Irish campaigner Marie Collins in group of eight to set out tasks of commission The Guardian  UK Associated Press in Vatican City theguardian.com, Saturday 22 March 2014 15.37 GMT Cardinal Sean O’Malley is one … Continue reading →

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“Pope Francis to establish child protection commission in Vatican” & related articles

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Sylvia
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Advisory panel emerges from Council of Cardinals meeting in Rome The Irish Times First published: Fri, Dec 6, 2013, 01:00 Paddy Agnew In a surprise move, the Holy See yesterday announced that Pope Francis is to assemble a panel of … Continue reading →

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