Illinois Attorney General says Catholic Church failed to disclose rape accusations against 500 priests and clergy.

Join Us : facebook.com/occupythevatican Illinois Attorney General says Catholic Church failed to disclose rape accusations against 500 priests and clergy. In yet another blow to the Catholic Church in the United States, Illinois’ attorney general says the state’s six dioceses have failed to disclose accusations of sexual abuse against at least 500 priests and clergy […]

Cardinal George Pell sentenced to 6 years in prison for child abuse.

Join us: facebook.com/occupythevatican Cardinal George Pell sentenced to 6 years in prison for child abuse. George Pell, Australia’s most senior Catholic, has been sentenced to six years in jail for sexually abusing two choirboys while he was the Archbishop of Melbourne in the late 1990s. Pell will be eligible for parole after three years and eight […]

Pittsburgh Diocese and two priests directly sued in latest round of sexual abuse accusations.

Join Us : facebook.com/occupythevatican Pittsburgh Diocese and two priests directly sued in latest round of sexual abuse accusations. In 1976, a priest in the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh took a 13-year-old boy on a trip to Super Bowl X in Miami. Instead of enjoying a fun trip to watch the Steelers play the Cowboys for […]

Priest who works with kids says LGBT flag was made by Satan.

Join us : facebook.com/occupythevatican Priest who works with kids says LGBT flag was made by Satan. A Catholic priest in Calgary, Canada is facing criticism after claiming in a sermon that the Pride flag was invented by Satan. Jerome Lavigne, the vicar for education at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary, said the rainbow flag—which was created […]

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 […]