Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by NSS (UK), WOOD Keith Porteous
As the Catholic Church unveils another inadequate plan to tackle child abuse, this open letter from Keith Porteous Wood highlights some steps the pope could take if he was committed to taking effective action.
Dear Pope Francis
The National Secular Society has been intimately involved for (…)
, by EARP Brian D.
The principle of bodily autonomy is enough reason to end genital cutting, says Brian D. Earp. Allowing ’health benefits’ to dictate its acceptability risks legitimising inconsistent, pseudo-scientific justifications.
This article was originally published by Quillette in August 2017. The NSS is (…)
, by AFP, TRAYNOR Ian
20 of 39 Dutch cardinals, bishops and auxiliaries ‘covered up sexual abuse, allowing perpetrators to cause many more victims’, report says.
More than half of the Netherlands’ senior clerics were involved in covering up sexual assault of children between 1945 and 2010, a press report claimed (…)
, by ARGENTO Mike, MACHCINSKI Anthony J., RULAND Sam, WOODALL Candy
A two-year investigation of sexual abuse of children within six Catholic diocese came to a head on Tuesday, with the release of a report that details decades of abuse, and names 301 priests.
Even in a list filled with hundreds of shocking accusations, several stick out as particularly (…)
, by HOLPUCH Amanda, KIRCHGAESSNER Stephanie, LENNON Tim, WALTERS Jonah
Priests harmed more than 1,000 children according to a grand jury report released by the state supreme court.
More than 300 “predator priests” were found to have committed sexual abuse in Pennsylvania, harming more than 1,000 children, according to a grand jury report released by the state (…)
, by NSS (UK)
The National Secular Society has urged the Irish PM to force the Catholic Church to pay a €7 million shortfall in compensation owed to survivors of clerical child abuse.
The compensation scheme Caranua was set up in 2014 to run a fund of €110 million promised for people who were abused in (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
The USA TODAY Network’s Pacific Daily News has uncovered nearly 100 lawsuits with stunning accusations against the some of the most revered men on Guam – the priests. USA TODAY – See video (original article)
In May 2003, Thomas O’Brien, then bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix, admitted to (…)
, by Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera investigation reveals the growing problem of sexual misconduct in the Philippines’ powerful Catholic church.
Sexual misconduct in the Catholic church is a growing problem in the Philippines, an Al Jazeera investigation has revealed, and priests suspected of abuse are seldom (…)
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