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Pope Warns Bishops to Deal with Accused Priests
Kevin Killeen (@KMOXKilleen), June 10, 2015 4:46 PM, KMOX
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – U.S. Catholic Bishops meeting in St. Louis are accused by a survivors group of failing to live up to the promises made to protect children at the Dallas Conference of Bishops in 2002.
Pope Creates Tribunal for Bishop Negligence in Child Sexual Abuse Cases
JUNE 10, 2015, NY Times
ROME — Roman Catholic bishops accused of covering up or failing to prevent the sexual abuse of children by priests will now be subject to judgment and discipline by a new Vatican tribunal, according to a plan approved on Wednesday by Pope Francis.
Twin Cities archdiocese charged with child endangerment.
Grant Gallicho, June 7, 2015, Commonweal
On Friday, a Minnesota county attorney filed criminal charges against the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, alleging that for years church leaders—including Archbishop John Nienstedt—failed to protect children from a priest who would eventually plead guilty to molesting children and possessing child pornography.
Dennis Hastert Case: Abuse Group Wants Congressional Portrait Removed
by Tracy Connor, NBC News, Jun 4 2015, 12:10 pm ET
A sex-abuse survivors group is calling on Congress to take down a portrait of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, an ex-teacher accused of paying off a one-time student to keep allegations of sexual misconduct under wraps.
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Fears over ‘trafficking’ of children to the US
By Conall Ó Fátharta, Irish Examiner, Wednesday, June 03, 2015
Concerns that up to 1,000 children may have been “trafficked” to the US from the Tuam mother and baby home in “a scandal that dwarfs other, more recent issues with the Church and State” were raised by the HSE in 2012.
Questions for Cardinal George Pell when he fronts the royal commission
By Jane Lee, June 2, 2015 - 2:00PM, The Age, Victoria, Australia
Ever since survivor witnesses told the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse that George Pell tried to bribe one, and ignored another's reports of abuse, calls have been growing for him to return from the Vatican to Australia to explain himself.
More questions for Cardinal Pell
3:01pm June 1, 2015, 9News.com.au
A victims' advocate who once worked with George Pell says the cardinal needs to respond to claims that he protected known pedophile priests across Victoria, not just in Ballarat.
In Good Faith Foundation chief executive Helen Last says numerous pedophile priests across the state have been protected by the Catholic Church over the years, some while Cardinal Pell held top-ranking positions.
Pope’s top advisor says "callous" Cardinal Pell should step down
1:34am June 1, 2015, 9News.com.au
A top advisor to the Pope has slammed Cardinal George Pell, saying Australia’s most senior Catholic should step down from his position at the Vatican.
Peter Saunders, who was hand-picked by Pope Francis six months ago to work as the Catholic Church’s commissioner for the protection of children, said Cardinal Pell’s position was “untenable”.
