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New Avenue for Sexual Abuse Victims to Confront their Abusers
Published: July 14, 2015, 11:46 pm Updated: July 14, 2015, 11:59 pm, WSAV3
An historic day in Georgia.
That’s how advocates described the moment in June Governor deal signed the Hidden Predator Bill into law.
Wednesday, a major portion of that bill will “open the doors of justice” for victims.
A better class of baby: Irish nuns discriminated against poorer mothers
Dara Kelly
A letter from the nuns at Sean Ross Abbey in County Tipperary to adoptive parents, published this week, throws a harsh light on the prevailing attitudes of the clergy to unwed Irish mothers and their offspring, who were often forcibly adopted for cash, records show.
Abusive Priests Outed—Time Running Out to Bring More Claims
The Camera in Your Church’s Bathroom
Holy Seers, 07.10.151:00 AM ET, The Daily Beast
This week, police alleged an Oregon priest either placed a camera in his church’s bathroom or covered for someone who did. He wouldn’t be the first religious leader to do so.
Pages and protection: A first step in bringing clergy sex abuse secrets to light
Jul. 7, 2015, National Catholic Reporter
We published our first major exposé on the abuse of minors by clergy in our June 7, 1985, issue, just days before the U.S. bishops were to gather at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn., for their annual June meeting. Our coverage comprised a long piece out of Louisiana by Jason Berry about a young priest-pedophile in the Lafayette diocese;
A strong press is the Lafayette lesson
Jul. 9, 2015, National Catholic Reporter
The reports I did on clergy child molesters in the Lafayette, La., diocese changed my life in ways that reverberate still.
Five former Belleville Oblate priests “credibly accused” of sexually abusing minors
Metro-East News, July 8, 2015
Seven former priests, including five who once had ties to the religious order that operates the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows near Belleville, have been publicly named in Minnesota as “credibly accused” of sexual abuse of minors, according to a written statement from the national Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
Thanks to NCR, my crisis became a cause
| Jul. 6, 2015 National Catholic Reporter
A single issue of NCR changed the course of my life and eventually led to my starting an international movement of survivors of clergy abuse. I am extremely grateful to NCR!
Magdalene Laundries services plan 'missing fundamental elements'
Wednesday, July 01, 2015 - 08:34 AM, Irish Examiner
A range of health services will become available from today for women who worked in the Magdalene Laundries.
The move is part of the Government's redress scheme for women who were resident in certain institutions.
Survivors, advocates form a chapter of anti-abuse network
Jun 29, 2015 by Mennonite World Review staff, Mennonite World Review
Group with Catholic roots now serves people from various faith communities
Twelve survivors of sexual abuse and their advocates have formed an Anabaptist-Mennonite chapter of an organization that “protects the vulnerable, heals the wounded and exposes the truth.”
Leaders of the group, known as SNAP-Menno, announced its formation June 23.
