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Indian police charge bishop with repeatedly raping nun

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 15:06:49 -0400

NEW DELHI - Indian police charged Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar of repeatedly raping a nun in her rural convent, the Associated Press reported.

Indian police arrest one of 26 men accused in 1998 rape of four nuns

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 09:21:49 -0500

BHOPAL, India – A man has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the mass rape of four Catholic nuns that occurred more than two decades ago in central India.

Nepal bans pornography to curb high rate of sex assault

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 11:29:21 -0400

KATHMANDU, Nepal – Nepal has introduced a ban on pornography as part of a government initiative to stem the country��Ƶapp high rate of sexual assault.

Priest and key witness in India's nun rape case found dead

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 11:24:42 -0400

KOCHI, India – A priest who had been a key witness in the charge of rape against Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jullundur died Monday, prompting a police investigation into his death.

Editorial: It��Ƶapp time for action

editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:00:57 -0400

“We showed no care for the little ones,” wrote Pope Francis. “We abandoned them.”

Missouri prelates invite attorney general to review sex abuse cases

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:10:01 -0400

ST. LOUIS – Archbishop Robert J. Carlson of St. Louis said Aug. 23 he has invited Missouri's attorney general to conduct a review of the archdiocese with regard to clergy sexual abuse.

Report: More than 1,000 cases of minors raped, groomed by clergy, hidden by culture of secrecy

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 08:56:50 -0400

WASHINGTON – The report begins dramatically, imploring its readers: "We, the members of this grand jury, need you to hear this."

Ex-priest leaves prison after serving his sentence for child sex abuse

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:35:00 -0400

BRIDGEWATER, Mass. – Former priest Paul R. Shanley, a major figure in the U.S. church's child sex abuse scandal, was released from prison July 28 after serving 12 years for raping and assaulting a boy in the 1980s.

Indian priest arrested, charged with rape after teen delivers child

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 09:15:00 -0500

NEW DELHI – Police in India's Kerala state arrested a 48-year-old priest and charged him with rape of a minor after a teen girl in his parish delivered a baby.

10-year-old becomes pawn for the pro-abortion lobby

Thu, 25 Jun 2015 06:00:00 -0400

By Michael Kinsalla, Catholic Register Special

A 10-year-old Paraguayan girl is at the centre of an international controversy over “reproductive rights” after she was allegedly raped and impregnated by her stepfather. All cases of child abuse are emotionally contentious and morally outrageous but, as is often the case with vulnerable young women and children, this girl is now a pawn in the wider gambit of the pro-abortion lobby.