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Top Vatican Cleric Found Guilty Of Sexually Abusing 2 Boys 22 Years Ago
Cardinal George Pell, one of the most senior figures in the Catholic Church, sexually assaulted two 13-year-old choirboys at a cathedral in the Australian city of Melbourne 22 years ago.
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Australian Catholics Say Won't Report Child Abuse Disclosed In Confession
Australian Catholic leaders vowed Friday that the church's "shameful" history of child abuse and cover-ups will never be repeated, but rejected a national inquiry's call to report such assaults disclosed in confession.
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Top-Ranking Vatican Cardinal Charged With Sex Offenses In Australia
A cardinal in charge of the Vatican's finances has been charged with multiple sexual offenses by Australian police, in one of the most significant indictments against a top-ranking leader of the Catholic Church.
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Australian Cardinal Won't Quit Over Catholic Abuse Scandal
Australian Cardinal George Pell said in an interview with Sky News he will not resign from his position as the Vatican's finance chief over the Catholic Church's responses to child sex abuse in his homeland.
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Church 'Mucked Up' With Paedophile Priests: Vatican Finance Chief
Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell admitted today the Catholic Church "mucked up" in dealing with paedophile priests and vowed he would not "defend the indefensible" before an Australian inquiry.
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Child Sex Abuse Victims To Hear Cardinal's Testimony In Rome
Victims of clergy abuse won permission today to be present next week when Pope Francis's finance minister testifies from Rome to an Australian inquiry into child sex offenses within the Roman Catholic Church.
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Catholic Church in Australia Links Celibacy To Abuse
The Catholic Church in Australia on Friday said that obligatory celibacy may have contributed to priests abusing children, and recommended that clergy should be given "psychosexual" training.
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Australia Inquiry Examines Swim Coach Child Sex Abuse Claims
An Australian national inquiry into child sex abuse switched its focus Monday from the Catholic Church to the professional swimming community and how it reacted to allegations against two Olympic coaches.
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Senior Australian Bishop Charged With Child Sex Abuse
One of the most senior members of the Catholic Church in Australia has stepped down from his role after being charged with child sex abuse, the Church said on Monday.
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Australian-Ukrainian Leaders Slam Church Swastika Graffiti
Australia's Ukrainian community has hit out at vandals who sprayed swastikas on the walls of a Ukrainian Catholic church in Sydney.
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Australia under pressure to probe church sex abuse
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard was on Monday under growing pressure to establish a national inquiry into paedophile priests in the Catholic Church, following allegations abuse was hushed up.
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Australian Catholic Church denies sex abuse cover-up
The Catholic Church in the Australian state of Victoria on Thursday denied claims by police that it deliberately covered up paedophilia and talked victims out of reporting sexual abuse.
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Top Vatican Cleric Found Guilty Of Sexually Abusing 2 Boys 22 Years Ago
Cardinal George Pell, one of the most senior figures in the Catholic Church, sexually assaulted two 13-year-old choirboys at a cathedral in the Australian city of Melbourne 22 years ago.
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Australian Catholics Say Won't Report Child Abuse Disclosed In Confession
Australian Catholic leaders vowed Friday that the church's "shameful" history of child abuse and cover-ups will never be repeated, but rejected a national inquiry's call to report such assaults disclosed in confession.
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Top-Ranking Vatican Cardinal Charged With Sex Offenses In Australia
A cardinal in charge of the Vatican's finances has been charged with multiple sexual offenses by Australian police, in one of the most significant indictments against a top-ranking leader of the Catholic Church.
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Australian Cardinal Won't Quit Over Catholic Abuse Scandal
Australian Cardinal George Pell said in an interview with Sky News he will not resign from his position as the Vatican's finance chief over the Catholic Church's responses to child sex abuse in his homeland.
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Church 'Mucked Up' With Paedophile Priests: Vatican Finance Chief
Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell admitted today the Catholic Church "mucked up" in dealing with paedophile priests and vowed he would not "defend the indefensible" before an Australian inquiry.
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Child Sex Abuse Victims To Hear Cardinal's Testimony In Rome
Victims of clergy abuse won permission today to be present next week when Pope Francis's finance minister testifies from Rome to an Australian inquiry into child sex offenses within the Roman Catholic Church.
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Catholic Church in Australia Links Celibacy To Abuse
The Catholic Church in Australia on Friday said that obligatory celibacy may have contributed to priests abusing children, and recommended that clergy should be given "psychosexual" training.
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Australia Inquiry Examines Swim Coach Child Sex Abuse Claims
An Australian national inquiry into child sex abuse switched its focus Monday from the Catholic Church to the professional swimming community and how it reacted to allegations against two Olympic coaches.
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Senior Australian Bishop Charged With Child Sex Abuse
One of the most senior members of the Catholic Church in Australia has stepped down from his role after being charged with child sex abuse, the Church said on Monday.
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Australian-Ukrainian Leaders Slam Church Swastika Graffiti
Australia's Ukrainian community has hit out at vandals who sprayed swastikas on the walls of a Ukrainian Catholic church in Sydney.
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Australia under pressure to probe church sex abuse
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard was on Monday under growing pressure to establish a national inquiry into paedophile priests in the Catholic Church, following allegations abuse was hushed up.
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Australian Catholic Church denies sex abuse cover-up
The Catholic Church in the Australian state of Victoria on Thursday denied claims by police that it deliberately covered up paedophilia and talked victims out of reporting sexual abuse.
