Cardinal McCarrick’s resignation – Another milestone in the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse epidemic.

Join us: facebook.com/occupythevatican Cardinal McCarrick’s resignation – Another milestone in the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse epidemic. Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, the Vatican’s former top diplomat to the United States, released a public letter on Sunday calling on accused sex-abuser Archbishop Theodore McCarrick — a power player in the U.S. church — to “confess and repent” of his “sins, […]

French Cardinal’s Trial Shines a New Light on Catholic Church Global Abuse Scandal.

Join Us : facebook.com/occupythevatican French Cardinal’s Trial Shines a New Light on Catholic Church Global Abuse Scandal. LYON, France (Reuters) – The Roman Catholic archbishop of Lyon goes on trial on Monday charged with failing to act on historical allegations of sexual abuse of boy scouts by a priest in his diocese. Cardinal Philippe Barbarin […]

Vatican Knew About Legionary Founder Maciel’s Abuse From 1943.

Join Us : facebook.com/occupythevatican Vatican Knew About Legionary Founder Maciel’s Abuse From 1943. Cardinal João Bráz de Aviz, the prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, has disclosed that the Vatican had documents on the abusive conduct of the disgraced founder of the Legionaries of Christ, Father Marcial […]

Indian nuns report systematic sexual abuse from priests.

Join us : facebook.com/occupythevatican Indian nuns report systematic sexual abuse from priests. The arrest of Catholic Bishop Franco Mulakkal for allegedly raping a nun has sparked an outpouring of testimonies from nuns across India of systematic clerical abuse. Several Indian nuns spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity and detailed personal accounts of sexual abuse […]

Vatican spokesman Greg Burke resigns without official reason, increasing tensions and disarray under pope Francis.

Join Us : facebook.com/occupythevatican Vatican spokesman Greg Burke resigns without official reason, increasing tensions and disarray under pope Francis. VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican spokesman and his deputy resigned on Monday over disagreements on strategy, ending a year of upheaval in the Holy See’s communications structure. A brief Vatican statement gave no reason for […]

New law in Australia will no longer block victims from suing the Catholic Church for child sex offences.

Join us : facebook.com/occupythevatican New law in Australia will no longer block victims from suing the Catholic Church for child sex offences. Victims of child sex abuse in NSW can now sue the church after the state government removed a legal roadblock used by institutions to avoid compensating survivors. From January 1 churches will no […]

The Catholic church used a playbook to cover up abuse and sent priests to “treatment centers” – but many ignored the advice.

Join us : facebook.com/occupythevatican The Catholic church used a playbook to cover up abuse and sent priests to “treatment centers” – but many ignored the advice. An FBI investigation has found that the Catholic church had a ‘playbook’ for covering up sex abuse crimes by its priests. A grand jury report released Tuesday, revealed that […]