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Vatican's McCarrick Report Forces Debate on Power and Abuse
The Vatican’s report into ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has raised uncomfortable issues the Holy See will have to confront going forward, chief among them what it will do about current and future clergy who use their power to sexually abuse adults
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‘It's Crushing': Survivors React to McCarrick Abuse Report
Men who have made allegations of abuse by former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick expressed shock, outrage and anger after an internal Vatican report revealed the scale of what was known about the clergyman’s behavior and what was ignored
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Pope Francis Vows to End Sexual Abuse After McCarrick Report
Pope Francis is vowing to rid the Catholic Church of sexual abuse and offering prayers to victims of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick
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Vatican Faults Others for McCarrick's Rise, Spares Francis
A Vatican investigation of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has found that bishops, cardinals and popes downplayed or dismissed multiple reports of sexual misconduct
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Lawsuit Alleges Former Cardinal McCarrick Ran ‘Sex Cabal' at Beach House
Former Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing boys at a beach house in New Jersey in the 1980s.
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Australian Cardinal Pell, Most Senior Catholic Charged With Child Sex, to Spend His First Night in Prison
The most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted of child sex abuse was sent to prison on Wednesday and will wait two weeks to learn his sentence for molesting two choirboys in a Melbourne cathedral two decades ago. Victorian state County Court Chief Judge Peter Kidd revoked Cardinal George Pell’s bail at the end of a sentencing hearing in a packed,...
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Virginia Man Testifies Against Ex-Cardinal McCarrick
A Virginia’s man’s testimony against ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick could prove pivotal in determining the future of the Catholic church. News4’s David Culver spoke with him.
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Vatican Letter Undermines US Cardinal On Abuse
The Vatican blocked U.S. bishops from taking measures to address the clergy sex abuse scandal because U.S. church leaders failed to sufficiently consult with the Holy See beforehand about legally problematic proposals, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press.
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Vatican Promises ‘Necessary Clarifications' to Pope Cover-Up Claims
The Vatican is preparing the “necessary clarifications” about accusations that top Vatican officials including Pope Francis covered up the sexual misconduct of a now-disgraced American ex-cardinal, Francis’ top advisers said Monday. In a statement, Francis’ nine cardinal advisers expressed their “full solidarity” with the pope over the scandal, which has thrown his papacy into crisis. The cardinals, who are meeting...
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Letter Confirms Vatican Knew of McCarrick Sexual Misconduct in 2000
A 2006 letter from a top Vatican official confirms that the Holy See received information in 2000 about the sexual misconduct of now-resigned U.S. cardinal, lending credibility to bombshell accusations of a cover-up at the highest echelons of the Roman Catholic Church. Catholic News Service, the news agency of the U.S. bishops’ conference, published the letter Friday from then-Archbishop Leonardo...
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Pope Laments Abuse in 1st Post-Bombshell Vatican Appearance
Pope Francis lamented Wednesday how Irish church authorities failed to respond to the crimes of sexual abuse, speaking during his first public appearance at the Vatican after bombshell accusations that he himself covered up for an American cardinal’s misdeeds. Francis presided over his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square and spoke about his weekend trip to Ireland, where the...
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With or Without Ryan, A Convention Savior Unlikely for GOP
The idea of finding a consensus nominee outside the Republican Party’s 2016 candidate pool won’t disappear, and neither will the massive hurdles for any such effort, according to NBC News. If no one clinches the nomination after the first round, the stalemated delegates could move in to break the deadlock. According to party rules, most of the delegates can vote...