More than 1,000 per cent increase in requests coincided with a documentary which included testimony from sex abuse survivors ...
But the Vatican spokesperson acknowledged in a rare preview that Francis will certainly raise Belgium's abuse record. "Clearly the pope is aware of the difficulty, and that for years there has ...
Sept. 27 (UPI) --Pope Francis asked for forgiveness in Belgium for the Catholic church's clergy abuse scandal and its poor ...
For decades, the Church has been shaken by scandals across the world involving pedophile priests and the cover-up of their ...
Parts of the Roman Catholic Church are still failing to ensure clerical sexual abuse is reported adequately, Pope Francis’ ...
Revelations of Belgium's horrific abuse scandal have dribbled out in bits over a quarter-century, punctuated by the bombshell year in 2010, when the country's longest-serving bishop, Bruges Bishop ...
Thousands of Catholics in Belgium have demanded to be “debaptised” amid fury over the long history of clerical sex abuse and cover-ups in the church. Between July 1 2023 and June 30 this year ...
Pope Francis travels to Belgium this week as the once-staunchly Catholic country again confronts its appalling legacy of clergy sex abuse and institutional cover-up. He will receive a sobering ...
But Bruni acknowledged in a rare preview that Francis will certainly raise Belgium’s abuse record. “Clearly the pope is aware of the difficulty, and that for years there has been suffering in ...