Tags: Catholic church
UN tells Chile to examine clerical child abuse following NSS report
Posted: Wed, 22 Jun 2022
A UN committee has called on Chile to investigate all cases of child abuse in the Catholic Church following an intervention from the NSS. Read More »
UN “concerned” about role of Catholic Church in Polish schools
Posted: Fri, 22 Apr 2022
A UN committee has echoed many concerns raised by the NSS relating to the Catholic Church and child rights in Poland. Read More »
Canada and Chile failing on clerical child abuse, NSS tells UN
Posted: Wed, 20 Apr 2022
The National Secular Society has raised concerns about clerical child abuse in Canada and Chile with the United Nations. Read More »
Anti-abortion “pregnancy support” charity launched in Scotland
Posted: Wed, 17 Nov 2021
An anti-abortion "pregnancy support service" that has previously misled women has registered a new charity in Scotland. Read More »
UN committee: Polish schools should promote “equality and inclusion”
Posted: Wed, 06 Oct 2021
A UN committee has expressed concern about the Catholic Church's impact on children's rights in Poland following an NSS intervention. Read More »
UN castigates Vatican over clerical sexual abuse of minors
Posted: Wed, 23 Jun 2021
UN special rapporteurs have criticised the Vatican over child sexual abuse in stronger terms than ever before. Read More »
French cardinal culpable over failure to disclose child sexual abuse
Posted: Fri, 05 Mar 2021
France's top court has confirmed that Philippe Barbarin, a former Catholic archbishop, is culpable for failing to report child abuse. Read More »
Irish mother and baby homes inflicted a “profound generational wrong”
Posted: Fri, 15 Jan 2021
A report has highlighted the Irish state's decades-long failure to protect vulnerable women and children at church-run institutions. Read More »
Catholic Church put its reputation first on child abuse, inquiry finds
Posted: Tue, 10 Nov 2020
The Catholic Church put its reputation before the interests of child abuse survivors, with senior leaders complicit, an inquiry has found. Read More »
Poland’s agreement with Vatican helps protect abusers, NSS tells UN
Posted: Fri, 04 Sep 2020
The NSS has raised concerns with the UN that a treaty between Poland and the Vatican undermines efforts to tackle child abuse. Read More »
NSS raises Italy’s response to child abuse in Catholic Church at UN
Posted: Thu, 12 Mar 2020
The NSS has urged the UN Human Rights Council to strengthen recommendations designed to tackle child abuse in Italy's Catholic Church. Read More »
Challenge to new Catholic school in Peterborough rejected
Posted: Thu, 13 Feb 2020
A challenge to a decision to open a new selective Catholic school has been rejected, despite strong backing from local residents. Read More »
Council set to approve discriminatory faith school in Peterborough
Posted: Fri, 17 Jan 2020
A new discriminatory Catholic primary school is expected to open in Peterborough after education officials recommended its approval. Read More »
NSS raises Vatican’s defiance of abuse inquiry with Foreign Office
Posted: Fri, 27 Sep 2019
The NSS has urged the government to hold the Vatican accountable over its continued failure to cooperate with a child abuse inquiry. Read More »
NSS urges UN to pressurise Vatican on overdue child rights reports
Posted: Wed, 18 Sep 2019
The NSS has urged a UN council to pressurise the Vatican to submit long-overdue reports outlining its response to child sexual abuse. Read More »
Former ‘pope in waiting’ jailed for child sexual abuse
Posted: Fri, 15 Mar 2019
The Vatican's ex-treasurer George Pell has been sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison for sexual activity with children in Australia. Read More »
Senior French Catholic cardinal convicted of covering up abuse
Posted: Fri, 08 Mar 2019
The most senior Catholic official in France, the archbishop of Lyon Philippe Barbarin, has been convicted of covering up sexual abuse. Read More »
NSS: government must push Vatican to cooperate with abuse inquiry
Posted: Tue, 05 Feb 2019
The NSS has urged the prime minister to raise the Catholic Church's failure to cooperate with a child abuse inquiry with the Vatican. Read More »
Abuse survivors sue Catholic order which ran children’s homes
Posted: Fri, 19 Oct 2018
Ten people are suing a religious order which ran two Scottish orphanages where many children were physically and sexually abused. Read More »
Scottish Catholic schools to marginalise children who don’t pray
Posted: Mon, 24 Sep 2018
The NSS has criticised a plan to exclude children from nativity plays and fundraising if they are withdrawn from prayers. Read More »
