Spain's report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands
1 year, 2 months ago

Spain's report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Spain’s first official probe of sex abuse by clergy members or other people connected to the Catholic Church in the country included a survey that indicated that the number of victims could run into hundreds of thousands. The survey was part of a damning report by the office of Spain’s ombudsman, or “defensor del pueblo,” following an 18-month independent investigation of 487 cases involving alleged victims who spoke with the ombudsman’s team. The ombudsman's investigation represents Spain’s first official probe of the child sex abuse problem that has undermined the Catholic Church around the world, and the estimate from the survey is the first time such a high number of possible victims was identified in the country. Spain’s parliament voted in March 2022 to open the country's first official investigation by the ombudsman into the extent of sexual abuse committed by priests and church authorities.

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Catholic church is stonewalling sex abuse investigation, Washington attorney general says
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Catholic church is stonewalling sex abuse investigation, Washington attorney general says

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — The Catholic church is refusing to cooperate with a Washington state investigation into whether it unlawfully used charitable trust funds to cover up sexual abuse by priests, Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Thursday, asking a court to force the Seattle Archdiocese to turn over decades of records. Ferguson said the archdiocese ignored a second subpoena issued this spring …

Expanding clergy sexual abuse probe targets New Orleans Catholic church leaders
8 months, 1 week ago

Expanding clergy sexual abuse probe targets New Orleans Catholic church leaders

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — Authorities have expanded an investigation of clergy sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans to include senior church officials suspected of shielding predatory priests for decades and failing to report their crimes to law enforcement. Louisiana State Police carried out a sweeping search warrant last week at the Archdiocese of New Orleans, seeking a …

Spain approves plan to compensate victims of Catholic Church sex abuse. Church will be asked to pay
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Spain approves plan to compensate victims of Catholic Church sex abuse. Church will be asked to pay

Associated Press  

MADRID — Spain on Tuesday approved a plan aimed at making reparation and economic compensation for victims of sex abuse committed by people connected to the Catholic Church. From that report, he said it was concluded that some 440,000 adults may have suffered sex abuse in Spain by people linked to the church and that roughly half of those cases …

The Vatican’s problematic process to address clergy sex abuse cases, explained
10 months, 2 weeks ago

The Vatican’s problematic process to address clergy sex abuse cases, explained

Associated Press  

VATICAN CITY — One afternoon in mid-December, Pope Francis had a meeting that wasn’t on his official agenda or otherwise recorded, that underscored the utter dysfunction of the Catholic Church’s response to the global clergy sex abuse scandal. “The only justice, or semblance of justice that has been meted out is in civilian courts because the church can’t screw them …

Report on sex abuse in Germany's Protestant Church documents at least 2,225 victims
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Report on sex abuse in Germany's Protestant Church documents at least 2,225 victims

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy At least 1,259 people working …

Spain’s report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands
1 year, 2 months ago

Spain’s report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands

Associated Press  

MADRID — Spain’s first official probe of sex abuse by clergy members or other people connected to the Catholic Church in the country included a survey that indicated that the number of victims could run into hundreds of thousands. The survey was part of a damning report by the office of Spain’s ombudsman, or “defensor del pueblo,” following an 18-month …

Spain’s report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands
1 year, 2 months ago

Spain’s report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands

LA Times  

Spanish ombudsman Ángel Gabilondo delivers a report on abuse in the Catholic Church to President of the Congress Francina Armengol in Madrid on Friday. Spain’s first official investigation of sex abuse by clergy members or other people connected to the Catholic Church in the country included a survey that indicated the number of victims could run into hundreds of thousands. …

In the wake of Chile’s Catholic abuse crisis, victims struggle to find justice
1 year, 3 months ago

In the wake of Chile’s Catholic abuse crisis, victims struggle to find justice

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “This wasn’t a crisis, this was a cultural break …

In Chile, justice eludes victims of Catholic clergy sex abuse years after the crisis exploded
1 year, 3 months ago

In Chile, justice eludes victims of Catholic clergy sex abuse years after the crisis exploded

Associated Press  

SANTIAGO, Chile — Soon after she learned what happened, Helmut Kramer’s mother grabbed a pair of scissors and cut the priest out of photographs from her son’s baptism. “This wasn’t a crisis, this was a cultural break from the Catholic Church,” said Chilean historian Marcial Sánchez. Not long after the pope’s visit, Helmut Kramer joined other victims to launch “Red …

In Chile, justice eludes victims of Catholic clergy sex abuse years after the crisis exploded
1 year, 3 months ago

In Chile, justice eludes victims of Catholic clergy sex abuse years after the crisis exploded

The Independent  

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Over 1,000 cases of sexual abuse in Swiss Catholic Church since mid-20th century
1 year, 3 months ago

Over 1,000 cases of sexual abuse in Swiss Catholic Church since mid-20th century

The Hindu  

A sweeping, year-long study of sex abuse by Catholic priests and others in Switzerland published on September 12 has turned up more than 1,000 cases since the mid-20th century, as the Swiss church becomes the latest in Europe to reckon with the abuse scandal. The report, commissioned by the Swiss Conference of Bishops and led by two University of Zurich …

Sweeping study finds 1,000 cases of sexual abuse in Swiss Catholic Church since mid-20th century
1 year, 3 months ago

Sweeping study finds 1,000 cases of sexual abuse in Swiss Catholic Church since mid-20th century

Associated Press  

GENEVA — A sweeping, year-long study of sexual abuse by Catholic priests and others in Switzerland published Tuesday has turned up more than 1,000 cases since the mid-20th century, as the Swiss church becomes the latest in Europe to reckon with the abuse scandal. The report, commissioned by the Swiss Conference of Bishops and led by two University of Zurich …

'Saints by day, demons by night': In Bolivia sex abuse network in Catholic Church preyed on kids, says alleged victim
1 year, 7 months ago

'Saints by day, demons by night': In Bolivia sex abuse network in Catholic Church preyed on kids, says alleged victim

Firstpost  

A former seminarian from Bolivia who claims to have been the victim of a widespread network of sex abuse in the Catholic Church has shed light on decades of “hell” inflicted on minors by clergymen A former seminarian from Bolivia who claims to have been the victim of a widespread network of sex abuse in the Catholic Church has shed …

Spain’s ombudsman registers 445 church sex abuse complaints
1 year, 9 months ago

Spain’s ombudsman registers 445 church sex abuse complaints

Associated Press  

MADRID — Spain’s ombudsman said Monday that an independent commission set up a year ago to investigate historic sex abuse by the Catholic church has collected testimonies from 445 victims, as the nation tackles an issue other European countries acted on long ago. Spain’s parliament voted on March 10, 2022 to open the first official investigation, led by ombudsman Ángel …

Portugal church sex abuse study: Victims may number 4,800
1 year, 10 months ago

Portugal church sex abuse study: Victims may number 4,800

Associated Press  

LISBON, Portugal — More than 4,800 individuals may have been victims of child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church and 512 alleged victims have already come forward with their stories, an expert panel looking into historic abuse in the church said Monday. The Independent Committee for the Study of Child Abuse in the Catholic Church, set up by Portuguese …

Child abuse found in Portugal Catholic Church is ’tip of iceberg’: Report
1 year, 10 months ago

Child abuse found in Portugal Catholic Church is ’tip of iceberg’: Report

Live Mint  

At least 4,815 children were sexually abused by members of the Portuguese Catholic Church - mostly priests - over the past 70 years, the commission investigating the issue said in a report on Monday, adding the findings are the "tip of the iceberg". " to pay a sincere tribute to those who were abuse victims during their childhood and dared …

Portugal Catholic church sex abuse probe finds 512 alleged victims
1 year, 10 months ago

Portugal Catholic church sex abuse probe finds 512 alleged victims

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A committee examining historic child …

Italy church says 600 sex abuse cases sent to Vatican
2 years, 1 month ago

Italy church says 600 sex abuse cases sent to Vatican

Associated Press  

VATICAN CITY — Italy’s Catholic bishops provided their first accounting of clergy sexual abuse and revealed Thursday that more than 600 cases from Italy were on file at the Vatican since 2000. The report of the Italian bishops’ conference, which only covered complaints that local Italian church authorities had received over the last two years, did not mention the hundreds …

Spain: Ombudsman tasked with probing church sex abuse record
2 years, 9 months ago

Spain: Ombudsman tasked with probing church sex abuse record

Associated Press  

MADRID — Spanish parliamentarians are tasking the country’s ombudsman with the first official investigation into the depth of sexual abuse committed by members of Spain’s Roman Catholic church. A separate proposal by three left-wing parties, including the ruling national coalition’s junior partner United We Can, to open a full parliamentary commission was rejected this week as consensus built around keeping …

Bishops in Spain ask lawyers to audit their sex abuse record
2 years, 10 months ago

Bishops in Spain ask lawyers to audit their sex abuse record

Associated Press  

MADRID — A Madrid-based law firm will conduct a year-long inquiry into past and present sexual abuse committed by Spain’s Roman Catholic clergy, members of religious orders, teachers and others associated with the church, the law firm and the head of the country’s bishops’ conference said Tuesday. Cardinal Juan José Omella, the conference’s president, said the goal of the inquiry …

#ItalyChurchToo: Abuse survivors demand Italy church inquiry
2 years, 10 months ago

#ItalyChurchToo: Abuse survivors demand Italy church inquiry

Associated Press  

ROME — Advocates for victims of sex abuse by Italian clergy launched a campaign Tuesday to demand a cover-up inquiry, lamenting that deference showed the Catholic Church hierarchy in Italy has conditioned everything from criminal prosecutions to media coverage of the problem. A consortium of groups said they hoped recent national inquiries in Germany and France, and planned ones in …

Portugal: Church sex abuse panel unearths over 200 cases
2 years, 10 months ago

Portugal: Church sex abuse panel unearths over 200 cases

Associated Press  

LISBON, Portugal — A lay committee looking into historic child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church said Thursday that during its first month of work it received allegations from 214 people. The allegations are from people born between 1933 and 2006 and tell of psychological torment kept secret for decades, the Independent Committee for the Study of Child Abuse …

Spain: Clergy abuse victims hopeful at signs to end impunity
2 years, 11 months ago

Spain: Clergy abuse victims hopeful at signs to end impunity

Associated Press  

MADRID — After decades of neglect, victims of sexual abuse by the Spanish clergy say that they are finally seeing momentum building in their quest for real accountability and reparations. “We can’t say we are happy until we see results, but this is a very hopeful moment for those of us fighting to be noticed for years,” said Fernando García …

Portuguese bishops plan committee to investigate sex abuse
3 years, 1 month ago

Portuguese bishops plan committee to investigate sex abuse

Associated Press  

LISBON, Portugal — The Catholic Church in Portugal is setting up a national committee to coordinate the work of local church groups looking into possible cases of child sex abuse by members of the clergy. The committee will “strengthen and broaden” the church’s response to any current and historic abuse allegations, Portuguese bishops said Thursday after a four-day meeting at …

French report: 330,000 children victims of church sex abuse
3 years, 3 months ago

French report: 330,000 children victims of church sex abuse

Associated Press  

PARIS — Victims of abuse within France’s Catholic Church welcomed a historic turning point Tuesday after a new report estimated that 330,000 children in France were sexually abused over the past 70 years, providing the country’s first accounting of the worldwide phenomenon. The independent commission urged the church to take strong action, denouncing its “faults” and “silence.” It also called …

Report Finds 3.30 Lakh Children Were Victims of French Clergy Sex Abuse Since 1950
3 years, 3 months ago

Report Finds 3.30 Lakh Children Were Victims of French Clergy Sex Abuse Since 1950

News 18  

An estimated 330,000 children were victims of sex abuse within France’s Catholic Church over the past 70 years, according to a report released Tuesday that represents the country’s first major accounting of the worldwide phenomenon. Francois Devaux, head of the victims’ group La Parole Libérée, said it was “a turning point in our history.” He denounced the coverups that permitted …

Report finds 216,000 children were victims of French clergy sex abuse since 1950
3 years, 3 months ago

Report finds 216,000 children were victims of French clergy sex abuse since 1950

Live Mint  

An investigation into sexual abuse in the French Catholic Church has found that an estimated 216,000 children were victims of abuse by clergy since 1950, Jean-Marc Sauve, head of the commission that compiled the report, said on Tuesday. The revelations in France are the latest to rock the Roman Catholic Church, after a series of sexual abuse scandals around the …

France Catholic church abuse scandal: 216,000 minors sexually abused, report finds
3 years, 3 months ago

France Catholic church abuse scandal: 216,000 minors sexually abused, report finds

CNN  

Paris CNN — Members of the Catholic clergy in France sexually abused an estimated 216,000 minors over the past seven decades, according to a damning report published Tuesday that said the Church had prioritized the protection of the institution over victims who were urged to stay silent. “Faced with this scourge, for a very long time the Catholic Church’s immediate …

The global scale of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church
3 years, 3 months ago

The global scale of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church

Al Jazeera  

A series of abuse scandals, often involving children, have rocked the Catholic Church in recent decades. The Catholic Church has been repeatedly rocked by child sexual abuse scandals over the last three decades. An independent inquiry on Tuesday said it had concluded there were about 216,000 victims of sexual abuse carried out by the French Catholic Church’s clergy between 1950 …

French clergy sexually abused ‘over 200,000 children’ since 1950
3 years, 3 months ago

French clergy sexually abused ‘over 200,000 children’ since 1950

Al Jazeera  

About 216,000 children are estimated to have been sexually abused by thousands of French Catholic priests, deacons and other clergy since 1950, an independent inquiry has found, alleging the phenomenon was covered up by a “veil of silence”. Speaking at a public, online presentation of the report, Suave added that the Church had shown “deep, total and even cruel indifference …

Sex abuse data from Poland’s Catholic Church is decades too late
3 years, 6 months ago

Sex abuse data from Poland’s Catholic Church is decades too late

Al Jazeera  

These figures detailing allegations of child sexual abuse by clergy do not tell the full story. Last Monday, Poland’s Catholic Church released new figures of the number of complaints it has received alleging sexual abuse at the hands of its clergy. On one hand, that Poland’s church made these figures public is useful as it provides some data on the …

Spain: Catholic leaders put numbers to sex abuse claims
3 years, 8 months ago

Spain: Catholic leaders put numbers to sex abuse claims

Associated Press  

MADRID — In a first public attempt to put numbers to instances of child sex abuse by the country’s Catholic clergy, Spain’s Episcopal Conference revealed Friday that 220 cases were officially reported to the Vatican over the past two decades. The conference, which is the top governing body of Spain’s Catholic Church, said Spanish bishops submitted 76 allegations against regular …

Report: Church of England failed to tackle child sex abuse
4 years, 3 months ago

Report: Church of England failed to tackle child sex abuse

Associated Press  

LONDON — The Church of England failed to protect children and young people from sexual predators for decades, preferring instead to safeguard its own reputation, and created a culture where abusers were able to hide, an independent report said Tuesday. The report found that, in many cases, the Church of England failed to take the abuse allegations seriously, and that …

Vatican says bishops should report sex abuse to police
4 years, 5 months ago

Vatican says bishops should report sex abuse to police

The Hindu  

The Vatican told bishops around the world on Thursday they should report cases of clergy sex crimes to police even when not legally bound to do so, in its latest effort to compel church leaders to protect minors from predator priests. In addition, the manual says bishops should not ignore allegations just because they fall outside the church’s statute of …

Vatican says bishops should report sex abuse to police
4 years, 5 months ago

Vatican says bishops should report sex abuse to police

Associated Press  

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican told bishops around the world on Thursday they should report cases of clergy sex crimes to police even when not legally bound to do so, in its latest effort to compel church leaders to protect minors from predator priests. In addition, the manual says bishops should not ignore allegations just because they fall outside the …

New Vatican Guidance Urges Clergy To Report Cases Of Sexual Abuse
4 years, 5 months ago

New Vatican Guidance Urges Clergy To Report Cases Of Sexual Abuse

NPR  

New Vatican Guidance Urges Clergy To Report Cases Of Sexual Abuse Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrew Medichini/AP Andrew Medichini/AP The Vatican on Wednesday published a handbook for clergy and church lawyers that lays out the steps to follow when investigating and reporting alleged cases of sexual abuse of minors and others by priests, deacons and prelates. Sponsor Message Some …

Vatican tribunal now overwhelmed by clergy abuse cases
5 years ago

Vatican tribunal now overwhelmed by clergy abuse cases

Associated Press  

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican office responsible for processing clergy sex abuse complaints saw a record 1,000 cases reported from around the world this year — and still some regions that haven’t reported any allegations at all. “We’re effectively seeing a tsunami of cases at the moment, particularly from countries where we never heard from,” said Monsignor John Kennedy, the …

Report alleges sex abuse by 40 Vermont priests since 1950
5 years, 4 months ago

Report alleges sex abuse by 40 Vermont priests since 1950

Associated Press  

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. — A report released Thursday by Vermont’s Roman Catholic Church found there were “credible and substantiated” allegations of the sexual abuse of minors against 40 priests in the state since 1950. “While most of these allegations took place at least a generation ago, the numbers are still staggering,” said Bishop Christopher Coyne, who leads the Roman Catholic …

Pope mandates reporting of sex abuse to church, not police
5 years, 7 months ago

Pope mandates reporting of sex abuse to church, not police

Associated Press  

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis issued a groundbreaking new church law Thursday requiring all Catholic priests and nuns around the world to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-ups by their superiors to church authorities, in a new effort to hold the Catholic hierarchy accountable for failing to protect their flocks. “They are not above the law, and if they do …

Pope Issues New Edict Requiring Vatican Officials To Report Sex Abuse Allegations
5 years, 9 months ago

Pope Issues New Edict Requiring Vatican Officials To Report Sex Abuse Allegations

NPR  

Pope Issues New Edict Requiring Vatican Officials To Report Sex Abuse Allegations Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrew Medichini/AP Andrew Medichini/AP Pope Francis issued a new decree making it mandatory for Vatican City officials or its diplomats around the globe to immediately report allegations of sexual abuse to authorities or face possible jail time. Sponsor Message "The protection of minors …

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