(OSV News) — A Wisconsin priest arrested last year for child enticement and attempted sexual assault is facing new charges of possessing child sex abuse material. Father Andrew J. Showers of …
Clerical Abuse
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It took a change in Church leadership in Kraków to open archdiocesan archives — a move announced by Cardinal Grzegorz Rys on Jan. 30.
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“Rebirth” aims to help survivors “piece the fragments back together and give them … the face of a new life, or at least a life that can still be lived.”
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The Diocese of El Paso, Texas, filed for bankruptcy March 6, citing financial strain from claims related to sexual abuse alleged to have occurred decades prior.
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A Washington state appeals court has ruled that the state’s attorney general can subpoena religious organizations for records related to alleged sexual abuse.
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(OSV News) — News of the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, followed by Feb. 24 arrest of Peter Mandelson, former British ambassador to the United States — made headlines around the …
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(OSV News) — Jesuit Father Hans Zollner is urging Catholics to make prayer for abuse victims a central focus this Lent, saying the Church’s spiritual response to sexual abuse remains …
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Bishop Artur Wazny of Sosnowiec framed the publication of the partial report as a moment of “deep pain,” “shame” and “necessary purification.”
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Irish survivor David Ryan, whose tragic story of the abuse he and his brother suffered at a Spiritan-run school, was the subject of a 2022 documentary.
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Judge Christopher E. McGraugh of the 22nd Judicial Court in St. Louis has granted a request to continue the case until March 26.
