Women sue Dutch Catholic order over forced labor claims.

Join us: facebook.com/occupythevatican Women sue Dutch Catholic order over forced labor claims. Nineteen women are suing a Dutch monastery and its Catholic order over claims they were subjected to forced labour and abuse by nuns between 1951 and 1979 during periods of virtual imprisonment as children or young adults. The case against the Sisters of […]

Polish abuse scandal: Victims take on the Catholic Church.

Join us: facebook.com/occupythevatican Polish abuse scandal: Victims take on the Catholic Church. Marek Mielewczyk was a 13-year-old altar boy when a priest asked him to come to his presbytery. “This is where I was abused for the first time,” he says. He is one of several victims, now adults, featured in a documentary about Polish […]

Another Catholic diocese seeks bankruptcy after abuse lawsuits.

Join us: facebook.com/occupythevatican Another Catholic diocese seeks bankruptcy after abuse lawsuits. HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania – The Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, six months after disclosing it had paid millions of dollars to people sexually abused as children by its clerics. The diocese joins at least 20 others across the United States in […]

12,000+ Catholic churches in the US applied for PPP loans – and 9,000 got them.

Join us: facebook.com/occupythevatican 12,000+ Catholic churches in the US applied for PPP loans – and 9,000 got them. As suffering small businesses around the country clamor for much-needed loans from the federal Paycheck Protection Program, news of prominent national chains receiving millions of dollars sparked an outcry among owners of smaller businesses who have been […]

Pope Francis accused of comparing convicted child abuser cardinal to Jesus after controversial comments.

Join us: facebook.com/occupythevatican Pope Francis accused of comparing convicted child abuser cardinal to Jesus after controversial comments. Pope Francis has faced fierce criticism online after appearing to compare Cardinal Pell, recently acquitted of five child sexual abuse offenses during the 1990s, to Jesus Christ himself. During a Mass celebrated at his residence in Santa Marta […]

The Vatican’s new corruption scandal.

Join us: facebook.com/occupythevatican Jesus told his disciples: “Nothing is hid that shall not be made manifest, nor anything secret that shall not be known and come to light.” The teaching is playing out in real time at the Vatican, the heart of the church founded by the Nazarene. Prosecutors and gendarmerie staged a raid this […]

Dozens of Priests accused of abuse found work abroad with Church help.

Join us: facebook.com/occupythevatican Dozens of Priests accused of abuse found work abroad with Church help. The Rev. Jose Antonio Pinal, a young priest from Mexico, arrived at his first parish in rural Northern California in 1980, fresh out of seminary. The priest befriended the Torres family, helping the parents, also immigrants from Mexico, to fill […]

Cardinal George Pell freed from prison after High Court overturns sex abuse conviction.

Join us: facebook.com/occupythevatican Cardinal George Pell freed from prison after High Court overturns sex abuse conviction. Cardinal George Pell has been freed from prison after Australia’s High Court unanimously overturned his conviction on five counts of historical child sex abuse. The momentous decision, handed down Tuesday by Chief Justice Susan Kiefel, ends a five-year legal […]

Priest says abortion worse than pedophilia, which “doesn’t kill anyone”

Join us: facebook.com/occupythevatican Priest says abortion worse than pedophilia, which “doesn’t kill anyone” A Catholic priest in Rhode Island who barred state lawmakers who supported an abortion rights bill from receiving communion at his church has doubled down on his stance, saying abortion is worse than pedophilia. In an interview over the weekend with NBC […]

List of 6,754 Priests Accused of Sexual Abuse is released to the public.

Join us: facebook.com/occupythevatican List of 6,754 Priests Accused of Sexual Abuse is released to the public. Over the last year and a half, 178 U.S. dioceses serving 64.7 million Catholics have released lists of priests “credibly accused” of sexual abuse. However, the problem with these lists is that they exist independently of one another, with no consensus as to what […]