Each state in U.S should convene grand juries on Catholic priest sex abuse.

Join us : facebook.com/occupythevatican Each state in U.S should convene grand juries on Catholic priest sex abuse. It’s a moral catastrophe. “I wasn’t shocked. Not at all,” said Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke, a devout Catholic and mother of five responding to a Pennsylvania grand jury report detailing the sexual abuse of 1,000 young people at […]

Catholic Church rejects compulsory abuse reporting to authorities in Australia.

Join us : facebook.com/occupythevatican Catholic Church rejects compulsory abuse reporting to authorities in Australia. The Australian Catholic Church has rejected a recommendation to implement laws forcing priests and other members of the Church to report sexual abuse. The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC), the country’s top Catholic body, said on Friday it will not break the […]

More state attorneys in U.S begin to investigate the Catholic Church.

Join us : facebook.com/occupythevatican More state attorneys in U.S begin to investigate the Catholic Church. Attorneys general across the United States are taking a newly aggressive stance in investigating sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy, opening investigations into malfeasance and issuing subpoenas for documents. On Thursday alone, the New York State attorney general issued subpoenas […]

New report shows German Catholic priests abused thousands of children.

Join us : facebook.com/occupythevatican New report shows German Catholic priests abused thousands of children. More than 3,600 children in Germany were assaulted by Roman Catholic priests between 1946 and 2014, a leaked report has revealed. The study was commissioned by the Church itself, and was due to be published on 25 September. According to the […]

Chile’s Catholic church faces new charges of sexual abuse.

Join us : facebook.com/occupythevatican Chile’s Catholic church faces new charges of sexual abuse. IN MOST of the world, Pope Francis is revered as a liberal reformer. Just across the Andes from his native Argentina, however, his image has taken a blow in the wake of a sexual-abuse scandal that could rival the gravity of those […]

Nuns all over the world come forward with sexual abuse allegations againsts priets.

Join us : facebook.com/occupythevatican Nuns all over the world come forward with sexual abuse allegations againsts priets. The nun no longer goes to confession regularly, after an Italian priest forced himself on her while she was at her most vulnerable: recounting her sins to him in a university classroom nearly 20 years ago. At the […]

French rebel priest takes on church hierarchy over sex abuse.

Join us : facebook.com/occupythevatican French rebel priest takes on church hierarchy over sex abuse SAINT-MARTIN-EN-VERCORS, France — When a lowly Roman Catholic father rebels against the church hierarchy, publicly castigating a prominent cardinal’s handling of child sex-abuse cases, is that an act of backstabbing against the institution he serves or a brave solo effort to help save […]