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Church sex abuse revelations are unwelcome distraction as Pope visits scandal-hit Portugal
The Herald News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoLISBON, Portugal (AP) — When a panel of experts read aloud some of the harrowing accounts they had...
New head of Italian bishops launches sex abuse query
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe new president of the Italian Conference of Bishops on Friday said he would launch an independent inquiry on sex abuse by Catholic clergy in Italy,...
Portugal church sex abuse study: Victims may number 4,800
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMore than 4,800 individuals may have been victims of child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic...
Child abuse found in Portugal Catholic Church is 'tip of iceberg', commission says
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLISBON (Reuters) -At least 4,815 children were sexually abused by members of the Portuguese Catholic...
Pope Francis blasts 'scandal' of clergy sex abuse, meets survivors
Newsy via AOL· 10 months agoPope Francis waves to the crowd as he arrives. Pope Francis met with survivors of clergy sexual...
Italy church says 600 sex abuse cases sent to Vatican
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoItaly’s Catholic bishops provided their first accounting of clergy sexual abuse and revealed...
Despite reforms, victims say church's in-house processes to handle sex abuse cases retraumatizes
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFive years ago this week, Pope Francis convened an unprecedented summit of bishops from around the...
The Vatican's problematic process to address clergy sex abuse cases, explained
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOne afternoon in mid-December, Pope Francis had a meeting that wasn’t on his official agenda or...
Former Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland dies at 95, leaves complex legacy
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRetired Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland, a once-towering figure in the American Catholic...
Benedict XVI, first pope to resign in 600 years, dies at 95
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoVATICAN CITY — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the shy German theologian who tried to reawaken...