The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 20:10:02 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Australian bishops respond to Pell sex abuse verdict /home/international/item/29102-australian-bishops-respond-to-pell-sex-abuse-verdict /home/international/item/29102-australian-bishops-respond-to-pell-sex-abuse-verdict MELBOURNE – Following news of Cardinal George PellöÏÓãÊÓƵapp conviction of sexual abuse of minors, several bishops in Australia have have said they are committed to truth and justice, while declining to comment on PellöÏÓãÊÓƵapp appeal until it has concluded.
]]> International Tue, 05 Mar 2019 09:54:18 -0500 Religious superiors admit denial, slowness to act against sex abuse /home/international/item/29004-religious-superiors-admit-denial-slowness-to-act-against-sex-abuse /home/international/item/29004-religious-superiors-admit-denial-slowness-to-act-against-sex-abuse VATICAN – Twisted ideas of power and authority in the Catholic Church have contributed to the clerical sexual abuse crisis, leaders of religious orders said, but sometimes the positive "sense of family" in their own communities also made them slow to act.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Tue, 19 Feb 2019 08:57:11 -0500 Doing the right thing: Abuse summit aims to put the worldöÏÓãÊÓƵapp bishops on the same page /home/international/item/28981-doing-the-right-thing-abuse-summit-aims-to-put-the-world-s-bishops-on-the-same-page /home/international/item/28981-doing-the-right-thing-abuse-summit-aims-to-put-the-world-s-bishops-on-the-same-page

Ever since Pope Francis announced in September that he was calling the heads of the worldöÏÓãÊÓƵapp bishops’ conferences to Rome for an unprecedented summit on sexual abuse, expectations have been mounting.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) International Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:17:09 -0500 Women religious organization in U.S. issues statement on abuse of sisters /home/international/item/28953-women-religious-organization-in-u-s-issues-statement-on-abuse-of-sisters /home/international/item/28953-women-religious-organization-in-u-s-issues-statement-on-abuse-of-sisters WASHINGTON – Days after the Pope acknowledged abuse of nuns and sisters by priests and bishops, the largest U.S. organization of women religious thanked the pontiff for shedding "light on a reality that has been largely hidden from the public," but the group also called for measures to address the issue.]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Mon, 11 Feb 2019 09:23:25 -0500 Church will spare no effort to end abuse, bring justice, Pope Francis tells Curia /home/international/item/28679-church-will-spare-no-effort-to-end-abuse-bring-justice-pope-francis-tells-curia /home/international/item/28679-church-will-spare-no-effort-to-end-abuse-bring-justice-pope-francis-tells-curia VATICAN – Acknowledging the gravity of the clerical sexual abuse crisis, Pope Francis told members of the Roman Curia that the church's strength does not depend on its members' perfection, but on the willingness to recognize its failings and correct them.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Fri, 21 Dec 2018 09:33:20 -0500 Proposal would increase power of archbishops in dealing with sex abuse /home/international/item/28624-proposal-would-increase-power-of-archbishops-in-dealing-with-sex-abuse /home/international/item/28624-proposal-would-increase-power-of-archbishops-in-dealing-with-sex-abuse

A proposal by American bishops has borrowed from medieval practice to offer a solution to the complex canon-law conundrum of how to hold bishops to account for sexual misconduct and abuse coverups.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) International Fri, 14 Dec 2018 11:01:00 -0500 Domestic abuse victims of Catholic marriages say escape is no easy matter /item/28274-domestic-abuse-victims-of-catholic-marriages-say-escape-is-no-easy-matter /item/28274-domestic-abuse-victims-of-catholic-marriages-say-escape-is-no-easy-matter VANCOUVER – Nothing could have prepared Adelaide for the nightmare that was 18 years of her life.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) Canada Wed, 24 Oct 2018 12:46:14 -0400 Mass to End Women Abuse sends strong message, CFS Toronto says /item/28201-mass-to-end-women-abuse-sends-strong-message-cfs-toronto-says /item/28201-mass-to-end-women-abuse-sends-strong-message-cfs-toronto-says

öÏÓãÊÓƵapp one-third of the work at Catholic Family öÏÓãÊÓƵapp of Toronto starts with a woman who has been abused.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Sun, 14 Oct 2018 12:07:33 -0400 Editorial: Bishops get it right /columns/item/28178-editorial-bishops-get-it-right /columns/item/28178-editorial-bishops-get-it-right

Good riddance to confidentiality clauses. If one outcome captures the spirit of the Canadian bishops’ new document on sex abuse, that might be it. No more confidentially clauses.

]]> editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Wed, 10 Oct 2018 17:04:48 -0400 German bishops formally apologize, release sex abuse records /home/international/item/28083-german-bishops-formally-apologize-release-sex-abuse-records /home/international/item/28083-german-bishops-formally-apologize-release-sex-abuse-records The head of the German bishops conference formally apologized for sexual abuse in the church, saying it "has been denied, turned away from and covered up for far too long."
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