Faith Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:36:17 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Pope tasks judge to investigate Cardinal Lacroix /item/36538-pope-tasks-judge-to-investigate-cardinal-lacroix /item/36538-pope-tasks-judge-to-investigate-cardinal-lacroix

Pope Francis has asked a retired Quebec judge to conduct an investigation “into the facts, circumstances and imputability of (an) alleged offense” targeting Quebec Cardinal Gérald Lacroix.

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Canada Thu, 14 Mar 2024 07:00:00 -0400
Editorial: Caught in legal crossfire /columns/item/36447-editorial-caught-in-legal-crossfire /columns/item/36447-editorial-caught-in-legal-crossfire

Those with keen eyes for systemic abuses within the legal world might turn their gazes on a class action lawsuit that has left publicly hanging two Canadian Roman Catholic Cardinals.

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editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 15 Feb 2024 09:02:29 -0500
Cardinal Lacroix steps aside until sex abuse allegations are clarified /item/36389-cardinal-lacroix-steps-aside-until-sex-abuse-allegations-are-clarified /item/36389-cardinal-lacroix-steps-aside-until-sex-abuse-allegations-are-clarified

Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix has just announced to his principal collaborators that he is temporarily withdrawing from his activities until the situation (involving sexual abuse allegations) is clarified.

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crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Canada Fri, 26 Jan 2024 21:54:30 -0500
Quebec cardinal named in sex-assault class action /item/36388-quebec-cardinal-named-in-sex-assault-class-action /item/36388-quebec-cardinal-named-in-sex-assault-class-action

Cardinal Gérald C. Lacroix of Québec was named in court documents Jan. 25 in connection with a sweeping class-action sex assault lawsuit filed against the Archdiocese of Québec in 2022.

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crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Canada Thu, 25 Jan 2024 18:59:05 -0500
Ouellet denies ‘reprehensible conduct’ as new allegation emerges /item/35191-ouellet-denies-reprehensible-conduct-as-new-allegation-emerges /item/35191-ouellet-denies-reprehensible-conduct-as-new-allegation-emerges

Cardinal Marc Ouellet has vehemently rejected a new accusation of sexual misconduct involving a female complainant while he led the Archdiocese of Quebec.

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crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Canada Wed, 25 Jan 2023 11:19:53 -0500
Vatican to investigate cardinal over abuse claims /home/international/item/34955-vatican-to-investigate-cardinal-over-abuse-claims /home/international/item/34955-vatican-to-investigate-cardinal-over-abuse-claims

The Vatican will open an investigation into French Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, the retired archbishop of Bordeaux, who admitted in a public letter that he had abused a 14-year-old girl 35 years ago.

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cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) International Wed, 16 Nov 2022 12:35:58 -0500
France won't extradite priest, 92, to Canada, but Oblates might expel him /home/international/item/34780-france-won-t-extradite-priest-92-to-canada-but-oblates-might-expel-him /home/international/item/34780-france-won-t-extradite-priest-92-to-canada-but-oblates-might-expel-him

The French Ministry of Justice announced that France will not extradite Oblate Father Joannès Rivoire to Canada.

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International Mon, 19 Sep 2022 15:04:35 -0400
Sex misconduct suit hangs over Ouellet /item/34711-sex-misconduct-suit-hangs-over-ouellet /item/34711-sex-misconduct-suit-hangs-over-ouellet

Cardinal Marc OuelletƵapp legal battle  over allegations he made unwanted sexual advances toward a young intern over a decade ago might place him between the ChurchƵapp Code of Canon Law and Canadian law.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 31 Aug 2022 12:09:20 -0400
Citing lack of evidence, Vatican court clears two priests in sex abuse case /faith/item/33575-citing-lack-of-evidence-vatican-court-clears-two-priests-in-sex-abuse-case /faith/item/33575-citing-lack-of-evidence-vatican-court-clears-two-priests-in-sex-abuse-case

VATICAN CITY -- A Vatican court cleared two priests involved in a controversial sex abuse case at a minor seminary once located at the Vatican.

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Vatican Wed, 06 Oct 2021 13:24:23 -0400
Vatican court continues trial on alleged abuse at minor seminary /faith/item/32287-vatican-court-continues-trial-on-alleged-abuse-at-minor-seminary /faith/item/32287-vatican-court-continues-trial-on-alleged-abuse-at-minor-seminary

VATICAN CITY -- At a criminal trial involving alleged sexual abuse at a minor seminary located in the Vatican, the Vatican City State criminal court accepted a motion to allow the alleged victim to seek damages from the seminary and the religious institution that runs it.

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Vatican Tue, 27 Oct 2020 15:20:35 -0400