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'AI Jesus' Is All Ears At Swiss Church, And He Listens In 100 Languages
A church in Switzerland's Lucerne has introduced an Artificial Intelligence-powered hologram of Jesus Christ to take confessions from Catholic worshippers.
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US Teacher, 26, Arrested For Sexually Abusing Teenager She Met In Church
A church leader told the Federal Bureau of Investigation that Gray had confessed during a counselling session in 2023 that "the relationship was sexual."
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11 French Bishops Accused Of Sexual Violence: Church Body
Eleven former or serving French bishops have been accused of sexual violence, including the former bishop of Bordeaux who has confessed to assaulting a minor 35 years ago, a senior church body announced Monday.
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French Bishop Says Protecting Minors "Absolute Priority" After Confession Row
Protecting children from sexual abuse is an "absolute priority" for the Catholic Church, a French archbishop said Tuesday, walking back previous comments suggesting priests should not violate the secrets of confession.
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Volunteer Confesses To Setting 15th Century French Cathedral On Fire
A volunteer church assistant has confessed to setting the fire that severely damaged a Gothic cathedral in the western French city of Nantes, his lawyer said Sunday, though his motives remain a mystery.
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US Catholic Priest Caressed Girl's Knee During Confession, She Testifies
The girl said Rev. Urbano Vazquez took her confession "face to face" that day in the privacy of a room in the church, not in a confessional booth.
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Australian Catholics Say Won't Report Child Abuse Disclosed In Confession
Australian Catholic leaders vowed Friday that the church's "shameful" history of child abuse and cover-ups will never be repeated, but rejected a national inquiry's call to report such assaults disclosed in confession.
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2 Kerala Priests Accused Of Raping, Blackmailing Woman Surrender
Two of the four Kerala priests, accused of raping and blackmailing a woman for several years, surrendered before a local court today.
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Rekha Sharma Is New National Commission for Women Chairperson
NCW member Rekha Sharma, who recently stoked a controversy by suggesting abolition of confessions in churches, has been appointed as the chairperson of the National Commission for Women.
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Kerala Church Says Can't Ban Confessions, Cites "Religious Freedom"
The protests by churchgoers in Kerala against the women's panel's recommendation to stop confessions continued today at the Malankara Orthodox church.
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'AI Jesus' Is All Ears At Swiss Church, And He Listens In 100 Languages
A church in Switzerland's Lucerne has introduced an Artificial Intelligence-powered hologram of Jesus Christ to take confessions from Catholic worshippers.
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US Teacher, 26, Arrested For Sexually Abusing Teenager She Met In Church
A church leader told the Federal Bureau of Investigation that Gray had confessed during a counselling session in 2023 that "the relationship was sexual."
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11 French Bishops Accused Of Sexual Violence: Church Body
Eleven former or serving French bishops have been accused of sexual violence, including the former bishop of Bordeaux who has confessed to assaulting a minor 35 years ago, a senior church body announced Monday.
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French Bishop Says Protecting Minors "Absolute Priority" After Confession Row
Protecting children from sexual abuse is an "absolute priority" for the Catholic Church, a French archbishop said Tuesday, walking back previous comments suggesting priests should not violate the secrets of confession.
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Volunteer Confesses To Setting 15th Century French Cathedral On Fire
A volunteer church assistant has confessed to setting the fire that severely damaged a Gothic cathedral in the western French city of Nantes, his lawyer said Sunday, though his motives remain a mystery.
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US Catholic Priest Caressed Girl's Knee During Confession, She Testifies
The girl said Rev. Urbano Vazquez took her confession "face to face" that day in the privacy of a room in the church, not in a confessional booth.
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Australian Catholics Say Won't Report Child Abuse Disclosed In Confession
Australian Catholic leaders vowed Friday that the church's "shameful" history of child abuse and cover-ups will never be repeated, but rejected a national inquiry's call to report such assaults disclosed in confession.
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2 Kerala Priests Accused Of Raping, Blackmailing Woman Surrender
Two of the four Kerala priests, accused of raping and blackmailing a woman for several years, surrendered before a local court today.
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Rekha Sharma Is New National Commission for Women Chairperson
NCW member Rekha Sharma, who recently stoked a controversy by suggesting abolition of confessions in churches, has been appointed as the chairperson of the National Commission for Women.
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Kerala Church Says Can't Ban Confessions, Cites "Religious Freedom"
The protests by churchgoers in Kerala against the women's panel's recommendation to stop confessions continued today at the Malankara Orthodox church.
