child sex abuse
Not just churches: Camps are also prone to child sexual abuse
By Yonat Shimron — June 18, 2019
(RNS) — The camp where a counselor was arrested last week for "inappropriate touching" is not accredited by the American Camp Association.
French court convicts cardinal of not reporting child abuse
By Nicolas Vaux-Montagny — March 7, 2019
LYON, France (AP) — French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin said Thursday he will offer his resignation to Pope Francis, after a court found Barbarin guilty of failing to report allegations of sexual abuse of minors by a priest.
We’ll never know the whole truth of Southern Baptists’ sex abuse crisis
By Shannon Dingle — February 21, 2019
(RNS) — I’m not counted among the 700 Southern Baptist victims reported by the Houston Chronicle, even though my assault fell in the 20-year window the newspaper investigated.
Four things the church must do to respond to sex abuse
By Thomas Reese — August 21, 2018
(RNS) — The church should practice what it preaches by confessing its sins in greater specificity, doing penance and committing to never letting this happen again.
Pennsylvania grand jury report is a new low for Catholic Church
By Thomas Reese — August 15, 2018
(RNS) — The Pennsylvania grand jury report on child sex abuse is a wake-up call for bishops who thought that the past could be forgotten as long as they did the right thing in the future.
Australian bishop sentenced to year’s detention for cover-up
By Rod McGuirk — July 3, 2018
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — It's a landmark case welcomed by some abuse survivors as a strong warning to institutions that fail to protect children.
Pope Francis defrocks Italian priest convicted of child sex abuse
By Josephine McKenna — June 28, 2017
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Mauro Inzoli was found guilty last year by an Italian court of eight counts of sexual abuse of children aged 12 to 16.
Political correctness about Muslims may have led UK officials to ignore reports of sex abuse
By Trevor Grundy — August 28, 2014
CANTERBURY (RNS) Police and government officials turned a blind eye to reports that teenage girls were sexually abused because of fear that, if widely known, they would stir up anti-Muslim feelings in Britain.
Who are the three bishops under Vatican review for sex abuse?
By Josephine McKenna — May 27, 2014
(RNS) “Sexual abuse is such an ugly crime ... because a priest who does this betrays the body of the Lord," the pope said emphatically. “This is very serious. It is like a satanic Mass.”
UN panel questions Vatican record on child sex abuse
By Alessandro Speciale — July 10, 2013
VATICAN CITY (RNS) According to the “List of Issues” submitted by the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child, the Vatican will have to explain the measures it has put in place to “ensure that no member of the clergy currently accused of sexual abuse be allowed to remain in contact with children.”
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