Sexual Abuse In Church
-
{
- All
- News
-
Vatican must turn all child abusers over to police: UN
The United Nations demanded on Wednesday that the Vatican "immediately remove" all clergy who are known or suspected child abusers and turn them over to civil authorities, in an unprecedented and scathing report.
-
Abuse loosens Church's culture of silence in Italy
One afternoon last month, a rare thing happened in Rome's main courthouse: for perhaps the first time ever, an Italian bishop took the witness stand in the case of a priest accused of the sexual abuse of children.Soon after, another rare thing happened. The leader of the Italian bishops' conference acknowledged at a news conference that it was "pos...
-
Vatican must turn all child abusers over to police: UN
The United Nations demanded on Wednesday that the Vatican "immediately remove" all clergy who are known or suspected child abusers and turn them over to civil authorities, in an unprecedented and scathing report.
-
Abuse loosens Church's culture of silence in Italy
One afternoon last month, a rare thing happened in Rome's main courthouse: for perhaps the first time ever, an Italian bishop took the witness stand in the case of a priest accused of the sexual abuse of children.Soon after, another rare thing happened. The leader of the Italian bishops' conference acknowledged at a news conference that it was "pos...
