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| Dutch Church promises full investigation - Monday, April 26, 2010 4-26-10 Reports by Dutch media about sexual abuse from the 1950s through the 1970s have prompted a wave of new allegations against the Catholic Church in the Netherlands. The church is promising an "independent, open and transparent" investigation into allegations of widespread abuse of children by priests at Catholic boarding schools across Holland. (full story) |
| Letter to the Portland Press Herald - Monday, April 26, 2010 4-26-10 What Rev. Joseph McKenna failed to mention is that there is not one Catholic priest in Maine who stands in solidarity with those who were abused. Instead, these priests hide behind their vows of obedience to the bishop. One would think that a priest's ministry would have prepared him for this very moment in time. Yet, there is not one Catholic priest in Maine who has used his pulpit to seek justice for the abused by demanding that Bishop Malone stop using hardball legal tactics, release all files and documents, and tell the entire truth about what happened in the past. (full story) |
| NSAC: Law must be removed - Monday, April 26, 2010 4-26-10 The United States based National Survivor Advocates Coalition (NSAC) said today that if the Vatican has changed its strategy in the sexual abuse crisis and is “moving to get rid of bishops tainted by the scandal” as indicated by news reports then Cardinal Bernard Law must be relieved of his position on the Vatican Congregation for Bishops. If credibility and accountability are truly what Pope Benedict is aiming for, Cardinal Law must be dislodged from all privileged positions. (full story) |
| SNAP responds to story about O'Grady - Monday, April 26, 2010 4-26-10 After a conviction and prison sentence, a now-defrocked, notorious predator priest (who assaulted boys, girls and at least one infant), Oliver O'Grady, has re-surfaced helping at a Rotterdam Catholic church under another name. Dutch Catholic officials should be severely disciplined for failing to do even the most simple background check on this dangerous predator. It’s irresponsible for Catholic officials to recruit, educate, ordain, hire, train, transfer and shield predators, then ‘cut them loose’ when the heat gets too intense, letting them walk free and molest again (full story) |
| Male victims can participate in a study - Sunday, April 25, 2010 4-23-10 Scott Easton is a licensed master's level social worker (LMSW) and doctoral candidate at the University of Iowa. He is conducting a one-time, anonymous online survey on male survivors of childhood sexual abuse. He hopes this research will advance our understanding, create more awareness, and generate improvements for treatment. (full story) |
| NY Times responds to critics - Sunday, April 25, 2010 4-24-10 Some readers say The Times is anti-Catholic. They wonder why it isn’t giving equal effort to sex abuse in the public schools, or in other religions. But it would be irresponsible to ignore the continuing revelations. Like it or not, there are circumstances that have justifiably driven this story for years, including a well-documented pattern of denial and cover-up in an institution with billions of followers. Painful though it may be, the paper has an obligation to follow the story where it leads, even to the pope’s door. (full story) |
| Congressman hopes for an apology - Sunday, April 25, 2010 4-25-10 Following last Sunday’s landmark meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and a group of Maltese victims of abuse, former Congressman Mark Foley, who was himself abused by a Maltese priest in his youth told the Florida press that he is hoping for the same thing for him and for all victims of clergy abuse. (full story) |
| Witch hunt for gay priests off base - Sunday, April 25, 2010 4-25-10 Pope Benedict XVI in August 2005 ordered an investigation of America’s 229 Catholic seminaries in order to eliminate gay seminarians. The week of Sept. 27, Vatican investigators began the “witch-hunt” at the Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis. The question posed to the students: “Are you, or have you ever been, a homosexual?” (full story) |
| India: An unholy mess - Sunday, April 25, 2010 4-25-10 In Kerala, cases of rape and sexual abuse by priests and nuns, and attempts by the church to brush such cases under the carpet, have had a history of recurring as media stories. Sex is taboo for nuns in all Christian denominations and for priests in most of them. Yet a section violates this rule with impunity, even resorting to murder to silence the voices that may blow the whistle. And in most such cases in Kerala, the church has had no qualms in flexing its financial, religious and political muscles to shield the black sheep from the law of the land. The Sister Abhaya case is a classic example. (full story) |
| German Church in crisis - Sunday, April 25, 2010 4-25-10 The dropouts are visible. In the diocese of Bamberg, where until recently the casualties did not exceed 200 to 300 worshipers per month have been recorded during March 1400, in Würzburg, has risen from 400 to over 1,200. In Augsburg, the lowest since early this year now total more than 4,300 faithful. In Regensburg, have multiplied by five. (full story) |
| Swedish bishop apologizes for ignoring victims - Sunday, April 25, 2010 4-25-10 Bishop Anders Arborelius says he takes "full responsibility and is prepared to face the consequences" for not investigating the case, that was first reported to the church in 1990. Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter reported earlier Sunday that a woman and her sister were sexually abused by a priest in the 1950s-1960s. It said the church didn't investigate their claims until last week, despite repeated reports from the women to church officials. (full story) |
| Fla. priest released from prison - Sunday, April 25, 2010 4-25-10 Father John Skehan was released from prison early Sunday morning. The former Delray Beach priest served less than a year behind bars for his role in the disappearance of a half million dollars from the collection plate at St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church. (full story) |
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