Articles on this issue "children"
Referring to recent reports of sex-abuse scandals in France, Bishop Jacques David of Evreux says the Church "intends to combat pedophilia assiduously." A national survey carried out by the …
read moreThe president of the U.S. Catholic bishops' conference named eight more lay people to a sexual abuse review board. The new members are: --William Burleigh, chairman and former chief executive …
read moreThe Catholic Church in Germany will adopt measures to prevent pedophilia and to treat existing cases, the president of the episcopate says. Cardinal Karl Lehmann, archbishop of Mainz, made the …
read moreThe Catholic Church in Germany will adopt measures to prevent pedophilia and to treat existing cases, the president of the episcopate says. Cardinal Karl Lehmann, archbishop of Mainz, made the …
read moreAn independent commission has been set up to investigate the extent of child sexual abuse with the Church in Ireland. Judge Gillian Hussey will chair the new commission which is being …
read moreAn underlying problem facing the Church in the United States is that of excessive "tolerance," which has allowed conduct and teachings among seminarians that go against what the Pope says, a …
read moreThe key problem involving scandals with priests in the United States isnt what the media generally lead us to believe, says a Catholic psychologist. Dr. Gladys Sweeney, president and dean of …
read moreThe problem of pederasty "is so minor" in the Italian Church "that it does not merit specific attention," Bishop Giuseppe Betori said. Bishop Betori, secretary general of the Italian Episcopal …
read moreWashingtons cardinal stressed that energetic solidity must be emphasized by the Church in the United States to create a policy of reaction to the sexual abuse of minors by priests. Cardinal …
read moreHere is the letter Cardinal Bernard Law sent to the Archdiocese of Boston on May 19, 2002. This letter can be found on the official website of the Archdiocese of Boston: …
read moreRenowned moral theologian Germain Grisez has submitted a lengthy recommendation to the U.S. bishops ad hoc committee on sexual abuse. In the wake of scandals involving priests, the bishops …
read moreThe Archdiocese of New York has released a revised addendum to its Policy Relating to Sexual Misconduct. This addendum establishes in writing the development of the on-going discussions …
read moreWhat follows is a pastoral letter on child abuse, from the Conference of the Bishops of Southern Africa, addressed to all Southern African Catholics. Dear People of God, We greet you warmly …
read moreThe U.S. cardinals will meet John Paul II next week at the Vatican to discuss the sex-abuse scandals rocking the Church in the United States. To put the problem in perspective, ZENIT reprints …
read moreThree firefighters of New Yorks Rescue 1 station, who were involved in rescue work following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the twin towers, arrived in Seville to participate in the Holy …
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