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Former bishop of French Guyana guilty of sex abuse, Vatican court says

December 20, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Emmanuel Lafont (center) addresses the crowd during a protest against same-sex marriage in Cayenne, French Guyana, on Jan. 12, 2013. / Photo credit JODY AMIET/AFP via Getty Images

Denver, Colo., Dec 20, 2022 / 15:45 pm (CNA).
Bishop Emer… […]

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Former priest convicted of sexually abusing a minor in Virginia court

December 14, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Scott A. Asalone, 65, a former priest at St. Francis de Sales Parish in Purcellville, pleaded guilty to sexual assault of a minor. / Loudoun County Adult Detention Center

Boston, Mass., Dec 14, 2022 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
A former priest who served … […]

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‘Everyone’s vulnerable to an accusation’: Bishops respond to priests’ fear of false abuse claims

November 25, 2022 Catholic News Agency 5

Left to right: Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Worth-South Bend, Indiana, and Auxiliary Bishop Robert P. Reed of the Archdiocese of Boston. / CNA

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 25, 2022 / 11:00 … […]

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Albany bishop asking to be laicized isn’t barred from publicly celebrating sacraments, as he claims

November 21, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Emeritus Howard Hubbard of the Diocese of Albany / Screenshot from 2018 YouTube video

Boston, Mass., Nov 21, 2022 / 16:10 pm (CNA).
Bishop Emeritus Howard Hubbard of the Diocese of Albany has asked the Vatican to laicize him, claiming th… […]

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Colombian archdiocese publishes list of abuse complaints, actions taken

August 31, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

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Lima, Peru, Aug 31, 2022 / 08:00 am (CNA).
The Archdiocese of Medellín, Colombia, has published the list of complaints of sexual abuse by priests it has received in the last 30 years as well as the actions t… […]

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FBI probe could help prosecute Louisiana priests accused of inter-state sex abuse

July 1, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. / travelview/Shutterstock.

Denver Newsroom, Jul 1, 2022 / 12:04 pm (CNA).
Federal authorities are investigating alleged sex abuse of minors by New Orleans-area Catholic clergy, sometimes going back decades, o… […]

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Bishop Cozzens on pro-life witness, clergy sex abuse, and Eucharistic revival

April 17, 2022 Jim Graves 14

Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens, 53, is the Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota. He grew up in Denver, Colorado, the youngest of three children in a devout Catholic family. His father was an aerospace engineer and his […]

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‘We were practically nothing to him,’ ex-seminarian says of Bishop Zanchetta’s abusive behavior

March 14, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta. / /ACI Prensa

Denver Newsroom, Mar 14, 2022 / 09:41 am (CNA).
One of the former seminarians who was the victim of sexual abuse by Argentine Bishop Emeritus Gustavo Zanchetta of Orán says the powerful prelate manipulate… […]

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Why the Zanchetta case matters for the Church

March 11, 2022 Catholic News Agency 9

Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta. / Diocesis de Orán

Vatican City, Mar 11, 2022 / 10:35 am (CNA).
The Vatican made no public comment when Bishop Gustavo Óscar Zanchetta, an Argentine prelate closely associated with Pope Francis, was sentenced to four a… […]

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Argentine Bishop Zanchetta convicted of sexually abusing seminarians

March 4, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 4, 2022 / 09:14 am (CNA).
Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta was sentenced to four and a half years in prison on Friday, March 4, after an Argentine court found him guilty of sexually abusing seminarians… […]

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