Pressure mounts on Catholic Church’s Pope Francis for tougher action on abuse scandals
by Catherine Marciano Agence France Presse VATICAN CITY (AFP) -- With the Catholic Church rocked by a devastating US…
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US cardinal caught up in abuse scandal resigns
The Catholic Church's Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a prominent US cardinal who is accused of sexually…
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Vatican jails Italian priest for child porn
A Vatican court on Saturday jailed for five years an Italian priest who worked as a diplomat for the See…
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Chile authorities raid sites linked to church sex abuse
SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) -- Police on Wednesday seized church files in raids in Santiago and Rancagua, as the Catholic…
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Catholic Pope’s envoys in Chile to ‘ask forgiveness’ over sex abuse
SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) -- The Vatican's top abuse investigator arrived in Chile on Tuesday, a day after the Catholic Pope…
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Bishop steps down from anti-sex abuse board in Chile
by Miguel Sanchez Agence France-Presse SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) -- Chile's Catholic church took another blow on Saturday as the bishop…
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All Chilean bishops quit over child abuse scandal: spokesman
VATICAN CITY (AFP) -- Thirty-four Chilean bishops announced their resignation Friday over a child sex abuse scandal within the…
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Rundown of sex abuse within the Catholic church
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell on Tuesday became the highest-ranked Catholic ever to be sent…
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Pope aide Pell to stand trial on multiple sex abuse charges
by Daniel De Carteret Agence France Presse MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- The Vatican's finance chief Cardinal George Pell Tuesday…
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Pope Francis admits ‘grave errors’ in Chile sex abuse scandal
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) -- Pope Francis admitted Wednesday he had made "grave mistakes in the assessment and…
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Vatican arrests ex-diplomat in child sex abuse probe
VATICAN CITY (AFP) -- The Vatican said on Saturday a monsignor who was a former advisor at its US embassy…
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Trudeau ‘disappointed’ Pope won’t apologize to Canada indigenous people for Catholic Church abuse
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- Pope Francis has declined to apologize for the abuse of indigenous Canadians at church-run boarding…
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