ROME — The clergy sexual abuse scandal is slowly gathering steam in Italy with increasing media coverage, criminal convictions and the launch Monday of an investigative podcast dedicated to a case that tangentially involved Pope Francis. Victim Antonio Messina told his story at the launch Monday of the podcast about his case, saying it was his duty to speak out …
ROME — A famous priest-artist who was thrown out of the Jesuits after being accused of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse of women has been accepted into a diocese in his native Slovenia, the latest twist in a case that has implicated the pope and laid bare the limits of the Vatican’s in-house legal system. But the Koper diocese said …
Victims of a Christian youth festival founder accused of spiritual abuse are calling for an independent investigation into his behaviour, warning they “don’t trust the church to mark its own homework”. “There are simply too many connections between the Church of England and Soul Survivor, both at diocesan and national level, and too many potential conflicts of interest, for survivors …
PHOENIX — Families came one by one to the baptismal font in a Phoenix church where the Rev. The ceremony Thursday evening represented a new assignment for Arango, pastor of St. Gregory Parish for nearly five years until news broke that he had repeatedly flubbed the phrasing on the initiation rite. “Rebaptism doesn’t exist because baptism creates an ontological change …
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