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Australian archbishop Philip Wilson guilty of concealing child sex abuses
May 25, 2018 · By www.bbc.com
An Australian court has found a Catholic archbishop guilty of concealing child sexual abuse in the 1970s. Philip Wilson, now archbishop of Adelaide, becomes the most senior Catholic in the world to be charged and convicted of the offence. He was found to have covered up the abuse of altar boys by a paedophile priest […]
Read More...Editorial: Francis should seize momentum of Chile resignations
May 25, 2018 · By NCR Editorial Staff for www.ncronline.org
Recent weeks have seen several milestone events in the Catholic Church’s decadeslong struggle to come to terms with the scandal of clergy sexual abuse and its cover-up by the hierarchy. The headline event was the mass resignation of the Chilean episcopate May 18. While at press time Pope Francis had not yet formally accepted any […]
Read More...Mother and stepfather jailed for raping girl ‘after social services ignored abuse complaints’
May 24, 2018 · By Independent.ie Newsdesk for www.independent.ie
A mother and stepfather have been jailed for the rape of a girl who was returned to their care after social services dismissed her as “troublesome”. The parents, now both in their 70s, abused the girl when she was around 13 for up to two months in 1978. A jury at Southwark Crown Court convicted […]
Read More...Archbishop Romero, martyr, to be made saint at Vatican ceremony Oct. 14
May 24, 2018 · By Joshua J. McElwee for www.ncronline.org
VATICAN CITY — After a 38-year-wait, it is now official. Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, murdered in 1980 for speaking out against military oppression, will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church at a Vatican ceremony Oct. 14. Pope Francis, the first pontiff from the Americas, announced the decision May 19 during a meeting […]
Read More...Francis names 14 cardinals, surpassing numbers appointed by Benedict and John Paul
May 24, 2018 · By Joshua J. McElwee for www.ncronline.org
ROME — Pope Francis named fourteen new Catholic cardinals May 20, again diversifying representation in the most elite body of church prelates with selections from places as far-flung as Iraq, Pakistan and Japan and solidifying his influence on the group that will one day elect his successor. In a surprise announcement at the end of […]
Read More...Vatican offices decry ‘profoundly amoral culture’ of global financial system
May 23, 2018 · By Joshua J. McElwee for www.ncronline.org
VATICAN CITY — Two Vatican offices have taken the global financial system to task, decrying in a new document the way markets primarily serve the world’s wealthiest minority and stress profit to an extent that creates “a profoundly amoral culture.” In a joint venture giving theological weight to Pope Francis’ frequent criticism that “this economy […]
Read More...UPDATED: All of Chile’s bishops offer resignations after meeting pope on abuse
May 23, 2018 · By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service for www.ncronline.org
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 8:30 a.m. central time with additional reporting about the document in which Francis gave his evaluation of the situation of the church in Chile. The story was updated again at 9:20 a.m. central time to add reactions from abuse survivors and advocates. VATICAN CITY — Every bishop in […]
Read More...Father-of-four avoids jail over possession of child porn images
May 22, 2018 · By Jessica Magee for www.independent.ie
A 52-year-old Dublin man has avoided jail for possession of child pornography, which he accessed via an instant messaging app on his phone. Brian Manning, a father-of-four of St Finbarr’s Close, Greenhills, Dublin pleaded guilty to a single count of possessing 37 images and one video classified as child pornography on March 15, 2017. Dublin […]
Read More...Ex-Kentucky judge sentenced to 20 years in prison for human trafficking
May 22, 2018 · By AVERY ANAPOL for thehill.com
A former Kentucky judge has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on human trafficking charges. Timothy Nolan, a 71-year-old former Campbell County district judge, pleaded guilty to human trafficking and other felony sex crimes involving minors, according to multiple reports. Nolan is also a conservative political activist and worked on President Trump’s campaign in […]
Read More...Man who harassed Sharon Ní Bheoláin admits ‘seriously sick mind at the time’
May 22, 2018 · By Jessica Magee for www.irishexaminer.com
A Dublin man who harassed RTÉ newsreader Sharon Ní Bheoláin will be sentenced tomorrow for this and three separate counts of possessing child pornography. Conor O’Hora (41) of Heather Walk, Portmarnock, Dublin pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to harassing Ms Ní Bheoláin between March 27, 2013 and January 7, 2014. He further pleaded […]
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