Tags: Abuse
Religious belief is no barrier to criminality
A spate of media reports have suggested that criminals convicted of sex abuse feigned their religion. NSS Vice-President... Read More »
Bishop Ball case: Questions for Lord Carey
With the release of some of the letters written in support of Bishop Ball during the 1992-1993 police investigation,... Read More »
Damning details emerge about establishment cover-up of Anglican sex abuse
New revelations about the extent of the letter-writing campaign to help disgraced bishop Peter Ball escape charges... Read More »
Peter Ball sex abuse case: 20 questions that must be answered
Any genuine inquiry into the handling of allegations of child sex abuse by Bishop Peter Ball must answer key questions... Read More »
Catholic hierarchy stand by while nuns’ orders seek to obstruct justice for their abuse victims
Following the failed attempt to obstruct the historic child abuse inquiry in Scotland, Keith Porteous Wood exposes... Read More »
Why did the CPS abandon investigation into Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor?
As the full scale of the British Establishment's cover-up of child sex abuse becomes apparent, Alistair McBay argues... Read More »
Religion “mustn't cause violence”
Both media commentators and politicians seem keen to claim religion as a cause for good deeds but determined not to... Read More »
Pope’s zero tolerance pledge on child abuse is not enough
Words are not enough: David McClenaghan argues that if the Church wants to deal with its record on child abuse it... Read More »
The English Catholic Church and the Sex Abuse Crisis
In England, Catholic leaders have fostered the impression that the English church has been relatively scandal-free,... Read More »
Pope's first year of papacy has been a failure on child abuse
This week marks the first anniversary of the election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina as Pope Francis.... Read More »
Vatican’s attack on its critics is a familiar tactic
After hearing the UN's scathing attack on its child abuse record, the Vatican's counter-attack against its critics... Read More »
Catholic cognitive dissonance: Overlooking evil
The UN's recent examination of the Holy See presented yet more evidence of the Catholic Church's responsibility for,... Read More »
Will the UN finally bring the Vatican to account for its child abuse crimes?
As a United Nations Committee on children's rights confronts the Vatican on its abysmal record on clerical paedophilia... Read More »
Joseph Ratzinger’s failed papacy may have fatally undermined the Vatican
And so we are to see an end to the rule of Joseph Ratzinger at the Vatican. At such times it is usual to break out... Read More »
Murdoch no match for Benedict in the 'unfit to govern' stakes
I have been particularly exasperated in the last few days, in common with many others I'm sure, as a result of the... Read More »
Child brides and licensed rape
Women in the UK are being forced to get married with threats and violence. Children under the legal age of consent... Read More »
What’s a fate worse than death? Being brought up in the Catholic Church!
A personal testimony of child abuse in the Catholic Church from Sue Cox of Survivors Voice Europe
A fate worse than... Read More »
It’s good when the Vatican has a bad week
Frances Kissling, when she was head of theWashingtonDCbased liberal group Catholics for Choice (anathema to theVatican),... Read More »
