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Hard lessons of the McCarrick Affair

April 5, 2025 George Weigel 51

Editor’s note: This essay was published originally on November 18, 2020, and is reposted in response to the news that McCarrick died recently at the age of 94. From the day it was announced that […]

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Archbishop Lori completes court-ordered ‘listening sessions’ with sexual abuse victims

May 22, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

"I was deeply moved by their very powerful testimony,” Archbishop William Lori said following a second bankruptcy court-ordered listening session with sexual abuse victims on May 20, 2024. / Credit: Matthew Balan

Baltimore, Md., May 22, 20… […]

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Pope Francis names retired judge to investigate sex abuse charges against Canadian cardinal

March 6, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Quebec Cardinal Gérald Lacroix speaks at the International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 7, 2021. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Lima Newsroom, Mar 6, 2024 / 17:40 pm (CNA).
The Archdiocese of Quebec in Canada has announced that Pope F… […]

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Ex-priest sentenced to 15 months in prison for molestation of minor with cancer

February 28, 2024 Catholic News Agency 3

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CNA Staff, Feb 28, 2024 / 10:18 am (CNA).
A former priest was sentenced to 15 months in prison this week for molesting an Ohio minor suffering from cancer. The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office annou… […]

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Critics challenge German Synodal Way in light of abuse study

January 30, 2024 Catholic News Agency 6

The cross of the German “Synodal Way.” / Credit: Maximilian von Lachner/Synodaler Weg

CNA Newsroom, Jan 30, 2024 / 10:52 am (CNA).
In light of a Protestant abuse study unveiled in Germany, a Catholic lay group has called into doubt the “persist… […]

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Bolivian Bishops’ Conference criticizes 5-hour interrogation of fellow bishop in abuse case

November 15, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Bolivian bishops express their support for Bishop Robert Flock on Nov. 13, 2023. / Credit: Bolivian Episcopal Conference (CEB)

ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 15, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA).
During its plenary assembly, the Bolivian Bishops’ Conference expres… […]

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Prosecutor in Bolivia asks for Church’s cooperation in clerical sexual abuse cases

July 31, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 31, 2023 / 10:30 am (CNA).
In the ongoing investigation in Bolivia into sexual abuse allegedly committed by priests and male religious, mostly Jesuits, the local prosecutor’s office ha… […]

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Diocese of Syracuse to pay $100 million to trust fund for survivors of child sexual abuse

July 28, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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Boston, Mass., Jul 28, 2023 / 06:15 am (CNA).
The Diocese of Syracuse, New York, announced on Thursday that it will pay $100 million to a victims’ trust fun… […]

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Clerical sex abuses crisis: Spanish priests hit with sanctions

July 13, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 13, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA).
The Diocese of Mallorca in Spain has sentenced Father Julià Cifre Vandrell to three years of not celebrating Mass “in any place other than at his home… […]

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Sex abuse scandal in Bolivia: Who had the Jesuit priest’s diary, and when?

July 11, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 11, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
The personal diary of the Jesuit priest Alfonso “Pica” Pedrajas, who died in 2009, has been at the center of a sexual abuse scandal that has rocked the Society of Jesus in B… […]

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