Essay: Events in Bolivia and Brazil may signal a turning point for the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse crisis in Latin America
In an article first published on The Conversation, MATTHEW CASEY-PARISEAULT, of the University of Arizona, says that while changes have been slow in coming in terms of addressing the clerical sexual abuse crisis, recent circumstances in Brazil and Bolivia may indicate a new trend…
Spain to begin exhumation of 128 Civil War victims from burial complex – media
Madrid, SpainReuters Forensic scientists will on Monday begin the exhumation of 128 victims of the Spanish Civil War from a vast burial complex near Madrid, El Pais newspaper reported. It will be the first exhumation of its kind involving people whose bodies were moved from elsewhere after the 1936-1939 war and reburied without their families’ […]
Spanish Catholic bishops find evidence of 728 sexual abusers, 927 victims since 1945
Madrid, SpainAP Spain’s Catholic bishops’ conference says it has found evidence of 728 sexual abusers within the church since 1945, through the testimony of 927 victims, in its first public report on the issue. The church said 83 per cent of the victims and 99 per cent of the abusers were male and that more […]
Bolivian Jesuits apologise for alleged abuse by late priest
La Paz, Bolivia AP Bolivia’s Jesuit congregation apologised Tuesday and announced an investigation into a late Spanish priest who allegedly abused several minors in Bolivia dating back to the 1980s. “We apologise for the pain this has caused,” said Rev Bernardo Mercado, head of the Catholic religious order known as La Compañía de Jesús. He […]
Clergy abuse victims in Spain hopeful at signs to end impunity
Madrid, SpainAP After decades of neglect, victims of sexual abuse by the Spanish clergy say that they are finally seeing momentum building in their quest for real accountability and reparations. On Tuesday, Spanish lawmakers took the first step toward opening a parliamentary inquiry on the issue, a move that victims hail as a potential game-changer. […]
Spain’s Catholic dioceses to collect abuse allegations after talks with Pope
Madrid, SpainReuters Spain’s Catholic Church is to set up local commissions to hear complaints from victims of abuse after holding talks with Pope Francis on Friday about allegations over eight decades detailed in a Spanish newspaper. El Pais in December published the results of a three-year investigation it said uncovered potential abuse by 251 priests […]
Catholic Church in Spain faces major abuse investigation – El Pais newspaper
Madrid, SpainReuters Spain’s Catholic Church is to open an investigation into alleged sex abuse of hundreds of children by members of the clergy dating back 80 years that the newspaper El Pais has uncovered, the daily said on Sunday. The investigation will look into allegations of abuse against 251 priests and some lay people from […]