References to Written Statement Submitted to United Nations Human Rights Council March 2011
* An asterisk denotes item added after publication of the report to the UN
Criticism of the Holy See Over Child Abuse (pdf). United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Geneva: 22 September 2009 and 16 March 2010
Reuters summary of eight countries
How secrecy shielded the Legion of Christ from the law* Excerpts from Les nouveaux soldats du Pape. Légion du Christ, Opus Dei, traditionnalistes (The new soldiers of the pope: Legion of Christ, Opus Dei, the traditionalists) Caroline Fourest and Fiammetta Venner
Austria
Cardinal Hans Hermann Groer Disgraced Archbishop of Vienna Independent, 27 March 2003
Belgium
Abuse Took Years to Ignite Belgian Clergy Inquiry New York Times, 12 July 2010
Sex Abuse Victims Heard in Belgium New York Times 11 September 2010
Belgian Cardinal Didn't Silence Abuse Case – Semi official denial Zenit, 30 August 2010
Canada
Church, RCMP disagree over filing charges Western Star, 27 May 2010
Germany
How the German Catholic Church Protected a Pedophile Priest Spiegel, 24 April 2009
Pope Accepts Resignation: First Bishop Accused Of Sexual Abuse In Germany Spiegel, 10 May 2010
Bishop Resigns Amid Claims of Violence and Financial Irregularities Spiegel, 22 April 2010
The Bishop's Silence: German Abuse Victim Accuses Catholic Church of Failing to Investigate Spiegel, 20 April 2010
Breaking the Silence: Merkel Calls Church Abuse 'Abhorrent' Spiegel, 17 March 2010
Shame and Fear: Inside Germany's Catholic Sexual Abuse Scandal Article formerly on Der Spiegel site (scroll down to English section)
Vatican Declined to Defrock U.S. Priest Who Abused Boys New York Times, 24 March 2010
Future Pope's Role in Abuse Case Was Complex New York Times, 26 April 2010
Church Office Failed to Act on Abuse Scandal New York Times, 1 July 2010
Money for silence* By Conny Neumann and Peter Wensierski
Translation of "Schweigen gegen Geld", Der Spiegel, 17 September 2007
Ireland
Murphy requests 'offended' Vatican Irish Times, 11 December 2010
An abuse too far by the Catholic church Guardian, 21 May 2009
Irish Bishop: Priest Wasn't a Mass Murderer – Semi official denial Zenit, 30 August 2010
Fury as church withholds abuse complaints from own watchdog* (as in Philadelphia also) Irish Independent, 12 May 2011
Latest actions show church is unreformable* The Irish Times, 12 May 2011
The last two entries above relate to this report: National (Irish) Board for the Safeguarding of Children in the Catholic Church, Annual Report 2010
Mexico
Abuse Case Offers a View of the Vatican's Politics New York Times, 2 May 2010
Netherlands
Dutch Panel Found 2,000 Church Abuse Claims New York Times, 9 December 2010
Portugal
Six Convicted of Sexual Crimes at Portuguese Children's Home New York Times, 3 September 2010
United Kingdom
Child abuse priest jailed for 21 years Independent (ex Press Association), 22 October 2010
Catholic priests convicted for child abuse remain in the priesthood Channel 4, 15 September 2010
United States
Archdiocese in U.S. to seek bankruptcy protection – Chapter 11 evasion USA Today, 4 January
Awareness of serious problems traced back to 1952 New York Times (ex Associated Press), 2 April 2009
Vatican's top American has mixed record on sex abuse USA Today, 14 May 2010
John Jay College of Criminal Justice report (PDF)
Alaska: Missionary's Dark Legacy LA Times, 19 November 2005
United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child Associated Press, 15 July 2010
Philadelphia – Secretary for Clergy charged with "endangering the welfare of a child"
Philadelphia – 37 priests named, 21 suspended* Associated Press, 8 March 2011
Philadelphia – 37 accused priests still serving having passed review board* New York Times, 26 March 2011
Philadelphia defendants also charged with conspiracy* New York Times, 26 March 2011
Archdiocese of Philadelphia – multiple cases concealed by Archdiocese from Sexual-Abuse Review Board* (as in Ireland also) Commonweal magazine, 12 May 2011
Church report on abuse blames the 1960s but report denounced as evasive, deceptive and self-serving* New York Times, 17 May 2011
(Lawyer describes above report as "hogwash")
Bishops Conference Still Fails To Discipline Any Transgressors* New York Times, 14 June 2011
Missouri bishop convicted for failing to report child abuse * San Francisco Chronicle, 7 September 2012
Rome To Bishop Tucson (MS Word, 38 Kb)
Nuncio To Irish Bishops (MS Word, 195 Kb)
Rome To Bishop Tucson (PDF, 128 Kb)
Nuncio To Irish Bishops (PDF, 274 Kb)
