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Pope Francis tells religious congregations to have ‘zero tolerance’ on abuse

July 14, 2022 Catholic News Agency 5

Pope Francis speaking to participants of the General Chapters of three religious congregations in audience at the Vatican on July 14, 2022. / Vatican Media

Vatican City, Jul 14, 2022 / 07:39 am (CNA).
In a meeting with three male religious cong… […]

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Pope Francis says measures against sexual abuse in the Church are ‘irreversible’

July 8, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis meets members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors at the Vatican, April 29, 2022. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Jul 8, 2022 / 07:39 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has said the Catholic Church will continue implementi… […]

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How do you solve a problem like Zanchetta?

June 26, 2022 Christopher R. Altieri 15

Pope Francis has sent the canon lawyer who represented his friend and former colleague in the Argentinian bishops conference, Gustavo Zanchetta (who is now a convicted sex offender serving time in prison), to investigate some […]

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California Catholic dioceses ask Supreme Court to hear statute of limitations extension case

May 2, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. / David Castor/public domain.

Washington D.C., May 2, 2022 / 16:34 pm (CNA).
California Catholic bishops are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider a case challenging the state for perm… […]

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Church in Spain expresses its will that ‘the truth shine forth’ concerning cases of clerical abuse 

March 15, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

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Madrid, Spain, Mar 15, 2022 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
Addressing the 506 cases of clerical abuse that the Spanish Bishop’s Conference has on record, conference spokesman Bishop Luis Argüello, expressed the Church’s will that “the tr… […]

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Laicized former priest serving life term dead of apparent suicide

February 8, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

null / Thomas Hawk via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 8, 2022 / 15:32 pm (CNA).
Robert McWilliams, a recently-laicized former priest, died Friday, Feb. 4 in his jail cell at the federal prison in Allenwood, Pennsylvania. … […]

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Phil Saviano, survivor of clerical abuse featured in ‘Spotlight,’ dies at 69

November 29, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Clerical sexual abuse survivor Phil Saviano at the premiere of "Spotlight" in 2015. / Shutterstock

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 29, 2021 / 14:48 pm (CNA).
Phil Saviano, a survivor of clerical sexual abuse whose story was featured in… […]

The Dispatch

Cleveland priest sentenced to life in prison for child pornography, exploitation

November 10, 2021 Catholic News Agency 8

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Cleveland, Ohio, Nov 10, 2021 / 16:01 pm (CNA).
On Tuesday, Father Robert McWilliams was sentenced to life in prison on convictions of sex trafficking of youths under 18, child pornography, and sexual exploitat… […]

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Vatican sanctions retired Polish archbishop after ‘Vos estis’ cover-up inquiry

August 21, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Archbishop emeritus Marian Gołębiewski of Wrocław, Poland / Bartosz Senderek via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.5

Rome Newsroom, Aug 21, 2021 / 09:20 am (CNA).
The Vatican has imposed penalties on another Catholic bishop in Poland after he was fou… […]

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Archdiocese of Milwaukee rebuffs Wisconsin AG’s clergy abuse investigation

June 4, 2021 Joseph M. Hanneman 7

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin — Saying the Wisconsin attorney general’s investigation of clergy sexual abuse is an unlawful targeting of the Catholic Church, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee will not cooperate in the state’s plan to review old […]

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