The retired Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady, told a court in Northern Ireland that clergy investigating sex abuse allegations kept their findings secret in order to protect the Catholic church’s “good name.” “There was a shroud of secrecy and confidentiality with a view not to destroying the good name […]
Survivors of clergy sex abuse who have already received payments from the Catholic Church may be entitled to a further settlement, according to a leading lawyer. Shine Lawyers partner Roger Singh has represented a number of people with claims and believes the evidence presented at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse […]
Rosie Scammell, Rome summit looks to improve church’s handling of child sexual abuse, Religion News Services
The state Supreme Court Friday rebuffed the Roman Catholic Church’s attempt to curb the number of lawsuits brought by those who claim they were abused as children by priests, upholding the law that allows abuse victims to file lawsuit until they are 48. Upholding a $1.3 judgment for a man who claimed he was abused […]
DAVE ALTIMARI, State Supreme Court Upholds $1 Million Verdict In Priest Sex Abuse Case, CT Now
Lawyers for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis are warning that criminal charges against the corporation could jeopardize insurance coverage that’s being counted on to pay some claims of victims of clergy abuse. The archdiocese faces multiple counts for allegedly failing to protect victims from a former St. Paul priest. Archdiocese insurers were already […]
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The Pope has announced on Wednesday the creation of a new church tribunal to judge bishops who do not expose priests guilty of sexual abuse on children, a move considered revolutionary in the Vatican history. The new office will be set up within the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith which will be mandated […]
Imagine you are 5 years old, and a person you love and trust does the unthinkable. Imagine you are alone, told by this loved and trusted adult that the thing they did to hurt you was in fact your fault. Imagine being afraid to go home at night because someone in your family has made […]
The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland has welcomed Pope Francis’s announcement of a new Vatican department to deal with bishops accused of covering up or not preventing child sexual abuse by clerics. But I think what the new regulations coming out from the Vatican means that there’s going to be a more efficient […]