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Pope expands sex abuse law, reaffirms adults can be victims
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPope Francis on Saturday updated a 2019 church law aimed at holding senior churchmen accountable for...
Despite reforms, victims say church's in-house processes to handle sex abuse cases retraumatizes
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFive years ago this week, Pope Francis convened an unprecedented summit of bishops from around the...
Pope Francis blasts scandal of clergy sex abuse in Portugal and meets with survivors
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPope Francis met with survivors of clergy sexual abuse in Portugal on Wednesday and blasted members...
We tracked 820 suits alleging sex abuse against Catholic Church in NJ
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMore than 820 lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by clerics, teachers and nuns were filed in New Jersey...
While blamed, Benedict fought sex abuse more than past popes
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPope Emeritus Benedict XVI is rightly credited with having been one of the 20th century’s most...
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...
Pope Francis lifts statute of limitations in Father Marko Rupnik sex abuse allegations
United Press International via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe Vatican said Friday that Pope Francis has lifted the statute of limitations on sexual abuse...
Pope orders Vatican to reopen case of priest accused of adult abuse but allowed to keep ministering
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoPope Francis has ordered the Vatican to reopen the case of a well-known priest-artist accused of...
Activists chide pope over handling of sex abuse and cover-ups
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoPope Francis has not done enough to stamp out clerical sex abuse and its cover-up, activists and...
Long after pope's abuse summit, victims still traumatized by the system meant to address their cases
Associated Press via AOL· 4 months agoOne afternoon in mid-December, Pope Francis had a meeting that wasn’t on his official agenda or...