French Catholic leaders mired in sexual abuse scandals dig themselves deeper
Paris, FranceRNS Like any modern Catholic official, Archbishop Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, president of France’s Catholic bishops’ conference, realizes clergy sexual abuse is a systemic problem, one that calls for serious reform of the church’s uncertain rules and ingrained secrecy. But recent revelations of sexual misconduct by a cardinal and a bishop on Moulins-Beaufort’s watch show […]
Rights group pledges to defend clerical sex abuse victims
Mexico CityAP The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights pledged this week to defend victims of clerical sex abuse and work to ensure member countries do better at protecting children and punishing such cases. Commission Vice President Flávia Piovesan told a hearing on the subject Thursday that “you have our firm and absolute commitment that we […]