Dallas Charter at 20: What Have We Learned?
COMMENTARY: Instead of restoring their fatherhood, the charter made bishops adversaries to their priests.
Results from Tag: 'sex abuse scandal'
Is the Vatican about to Dissolve the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae?
The Sodalitium Christianae Vitae is a society of apostolic life which was founded in 1971 in Peru, and granted pontifical recognition in 1997.
Church in Spain Expresses Its Will That 'The Truth Shine Forth' Concerning Cases of Clerical Abuse
“We want the truth to shine forth so that there are no wolves that disguise themselves as lambs and are shepherds."
Vatican Abuse Trial: Prosecution Requests Jail Time for Defendants
The Vatican’s prosecutor requested a sentence of eight years in prison, reduced to four years, for 28-year-old defendant Father Gabriele Martinelli, who is accused of sexually assaulting a slightly younger student at the pre-seminary over a period of six years.
Long-Awaited McCarrick Report Due Next Tuesday
In October 2018, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis had ordered a “thorough study” of all the documentation in the Vatican archives to “ascertain all the relevant facts” surrounding the case of Theodore McCarrick.
Cardinal Pell Submits Final Appeal to Australian High Court
The cardinal is exercising his last legal avenue to overturn a conviction which has divided opinion in the country and internationally.
McCarrick Speaks: Disgraced Ex-Cardinal Maintains His Innocence
‘I’m not as bad as they paint me,’ McCarrick told the Slate Aug. 14 at the St. Fidelis Friary in Victoria, Kansas. ‘I do not believe that I did the things that they accused me of.’
Cardinal Pell’s Sexual-Abuse Conviction Upheld
Australian court rules against cardinal’s appeal, orders him to serve remainder of his six-year sentence.
Catholic Culture Has Changed Forever: And That’s a Good Thing
COMMENTARY: The sex-abuse scandal has given ordinary laypeople the ability to facilitate real change. Case in point: the Diocese of Buffalo, New York.
