Clergy

• Canadian advocate wants more transparency from church after Manitoba priest arrested

  A Canadian advocate wants the Roman Catholic Church to do more, a day after Manitoba priest was arrested on several sexual assault charges.

  Crime

  May 31, 2023
  
• Sex abuse allegations leads to arrest of 5 members of Quebec religious order

  Together, the five retired clerics face over 30 charges ranging from gross indecency to sexual assault and indecent assault on 15 alleged victims.

  Crime

  Jun 23, 2020
  
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• Canadian clergy move prayers, services online amid coronavirus pandemic

  Religious leaders say the unprecedented situation has forced them to seek creative alternatives to community-based worship at a time when people are anxious and in need of spiritual support.

  Canada

  Mar 22, 2020
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• Over 900 accused U.S. clergy left off church’s sex abuse lists

  An AP analysis found more than 900 clergy members accused of child sexual abuse were missing from lists released by the dioceses and religious orders.

  World

  Dec 28, 2019
• Catholic abuse legal reckoning: New wave of lawsuits could cost church over $4B

  “The survivors coming forward now have been holding on to this horrific experience all of their lives.”

  World

  Dec 2, 2019
• Pope Francis says sexual abusers in Catholic Church will face ‘the wrath of God’

  Pope Francis delivered his remarks before 190 Catholic bishops and religious superiors who were summoned to Rome after more abuse scandals sparked a credibility crisis in the Catholic hierarchy.

  World

  Feb 24, 2019
• The Vatican ‘owes God an apology,’ activist says in letter to Pope Francis

  Newfoundland and Labrador was the site of two highly publicized abuse scandals in the late 1980s, when allegations of widespread abuse at Mount Cashel and Belvedere Catholic orphanages met with public shock and outrage.

  Canada

  Sep 23, 2018
• Victims of clergy sexual abuse, real-life people portrayed in ‘Spotlight’ happy for Oscar win

  Victims of clergy abuse are reveling in the Oscar won by "Spotlight" but say they don't hold out hope that the film's Best Picture award will prompt changes at the highest levels of the Roman Catholic church.

  Entertainment

  Mar 1, 2016