French bishops urge the Vatican, broader society to help investigate Abbé Pierre September 19, 2024By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Vatican, World News As the Emmaus Community for the poor investigates accusations of sexual abuse against its once-iconic, now disgraced, founder Abbé Pierre, the case made international headlines as Pope Francis commented on it while on his return voyage to Rome from Asia last week.
Texas bishop pleads with faithful not to worship with, support Carmelite nuns affiliated with SSPX September 18, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Uncategorized, World News A Texas bishop is urging Catholics in his diocese not to participate in sacraments with, or financially support, a community of Discalced Carmelite nuns who recently announced a formal association with the Society of St. Pius X.
Maryland Supreme Court hears arguments on constitutionality of Child Victims Act September 10, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, Maryland General Assembly, News Arguing before the Maryland Supreme Court Sept. 10, an attorney representing the Archdiocese of Washington and an attorney representing the Key School in Annapolis called for justices to overturn the 2023 Child Victims Act as unconstitutional.
Young Chicago priest under investigation for alleged child abuse during retreat confessions September 10, 2024By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News The Archdiocese of Chicago announced Sept. 6 that a state investigation is underway into alleged sexual abuse by a newly ordained priest.
Plaque is ‘solemn acknowledgement’ of abuse survivors, says Santa Fe Archdiocese September 9, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News The Archdiocese of Santa Fe has installed a plaque near the entrance of the Pastoral Center in Albuquerque “as a solemn acknowledgment and remembrance” of all victims of clergy sexual abuse, both living and deceased, within the archdiocese.
Missing boy’s case spurs church groups to unite to combat human trafficking in Argentina September 6, 2024By Eduardo Campos Lima OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Social Justice, World News More than two months after 5-year-old Loan Peña went missing in the northeastern Argentina town of Nueve de Julio, the church continues to promote marches to demand his captors release him.
Nose to ground: Identifying the ‘root cause’ of sexual abuse in the church September 4, 2024By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Commentary Fingers pointing at materialism and media must ultimately point to the church’s own miserable failures of leadership and its inability to inspire trust and confidence within a laity that may generously be described as “disappointed” or “disillusioned” with her efforts on many fronts, but especially on the issue of sexual abuse.
Prominent cleric behind Toronto World Youth Day accused of sexually assaulting young priest August 29, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News A lawsuit launched in March has accused Father Thomas Rosica, the national director of World Youth Day 2002 in Toronto, of sexually assaulting a young priest in the lead-up to the event.
Catholics in Southern Italian diocese protest abuse cover up August 28, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News Catholics in the Southern Italian city of Enna, Sicily, protested the local church’s role in covering up sexual abuse after a court recently ruled that the diocesan bishop sought to protect a priest accused of having abused several minors as a seminarian.
Clergy abuse survivor on National Review Board seeks ‘paradigm shift’ on healing August 26, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News Scott Surette, a devout Catholic and longtime owner of a home inspection firm, is on a mission to help renew the church.
Ohio priests vie with family members for legal custody of a toddler in their care August 26, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News In an unusual case, two priests in Steubenville, Ohio, are fighting for legal custody of a toddler who is presently under their care.
New review board chair: ‘We can’t be satisfied’ until there is zero abuse in church August 13, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News Retired FBI official James Bogner was recently named chair of the National Review Board, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ consultative safe environment body established in 2002 under the “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People,” also known as the Dallas Charter.
