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Opinion 7 years ago

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Celibacy: Sublime sacrifice or never-ending problem?

Recently, Australian Cardinal George Pell was convicted of sexually molesting choir boys more than 20 years ago, making him the highest-ranking Roman Catholic leader ever to be found guilty of sexual abuse.

World 7 years ago

Accused French priest tries to block film on child abuse scandal

The acclaimed director Francois Ozon worked for years in secret on "By the Grace of God", which will be premiered Friday at the Berlin film festival.

World 7 years ago

French priest jailed for sexual abuse

The trial was held behind closed doors at Colmar Criminal Court, in northeast France, which publicly announced the sentence late Friday.

World 7 years ago

Jesuits release list of 89 US priests accused of sex abuse

Jesuit authorities for 20 US states on Monday released the names of 89 priests with credible allegations of child sexual abuse dating as far back as 1950.

Sports 7 years ago

French priest, bishop convicted over paedophilia scandal

A French priest from the town of Orleans was handed a two-year jail term on Thursday and a bishop was convicted for failing to report him in rare prosecutions that have shaken the French Catholic church.

World 7 years ago

Gunmen abduct four priests in Nigeria: State official

Gunmen have abducted four Catholic priests in southern Nigeria, a local state official told AFP Wednesday.

World 7 years ago

Abuse victim sues Vatican in bid to identify predators

A US man who says he was raped by a priest as a child announced Thursday he was suing the Vatican seeking the identification of accused clergy members worldwide.

World 7 years ago

Pope says Church's 'conscience' about abuse has evolved

The way the Church views sexual abuse has evolved, just as it has in wider society, the pope said Tuesday, adding events in the past should not be judged with today's eyes.

World 7 years ago

Fugitive US priest sent home to face sex abuse charges

A Catholic priest on the run for more than 25 years has been arrested in Morocco and extradited to the United States to face charges that he sexually assaulted a young boy in the 1990s, federal prosecutors in New Mexico said Friday.

World 7 years ago

New York subpoenas every Catholic diocese in state

New York prosecutors are subpoenaing each Catholic diocese in the state as part of investigations into clerical abuse after at least 1,000 victims were recently identified in neighboring Pennsylvania.

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Priest

PREMIUM Celibacy: Sublime sacrifice or never-ending problem?

Accused French priest tries to block film on child abuse scandal

French priest jailed for sexual abuse

Jesuits release list of 89 US priests accused of sex abuse

French priest, bishop convicted over paedophilia scandal

Gunmen abduct four priests in Nigeria: State official

Abuse victim sues Vatican in bid to identify predators

Pope says Church's 'conscience' about abuse has evolved

Fugitive US priest sent home to face sex abuse charges

New York subpoenas every Catholic diocese in state

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PREMIUM
Celibacy: Sublime sacrifice or never-ending problem?