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French Catholic Church To Settle Sexual Abuse Claims With Asset Sales
- Monday November 8, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Catholic bishops in France agreed Monday to sell part of the Church's extensive real estate holdings to compensate thousands of victims of child sex abuse at the hands of clergy.
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French Bishops Kneel In Penance For Decades Of Child Sex Abuse By Church
- Sunday November 7, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Senior members of France's Catholic hierarchy knelt in a show of penance at the shrine of Lourdes Saturday, a day after bishops accepted the church's responsibility for decades of child abuse.
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French Prime Minister Meets Pope As Abuse Scandal Rages
- Monday October 18, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
French Prime Minister Jean Castex met Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday as the French Catholic Church battles a storm over clerical child sex abuse and the sanctity of confession.
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French Bishop Says Protecting Minors "Absolute Priority" After Confession Row
- Wednesday October 13, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Protecting children from sexual abuse is an "absolute priority" for the Catholic Church, a French archbishop said Tuesday, walking back previous comments suggesting priests should not violate the secrets of confession.
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Pope Expresses "Shame" After Damning Church Sex Abuse Report
- Wednesday October 6, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Pope Francis on Wednesday expressed his "shame" at the sexual abuse of children by French Catholic clergy, laid bare in a devastating report this week.
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Pope Expresses "Great Sorrow" For Sexual Abuse Victims Of French Clergy
- Tuesday October 5, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Pope Francis expressed his "great sorrow" for the victims of sexual abuse by French Catholic clergy after the publication on Tuesday of a devastating report, a Vatican spokesman said.
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French Bishops Seek Forgiveness After Damning Church Sex Abuse Report
- Tuesday October 5, 2021
- World News | Reuters
French clergy have sexually abused more than 200,000 children over the past 70 years, a major investigation released on Tuesday found, and its authors accused the Catholic Church of turning a blind eye for too long and urged it to reform.
- www.ndtv.com
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Some 3,000 Paedophiles In French Catholic Church Since 1950: Probe Panel Head
- Sunday October 3, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Thousands of paedophiles have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of an independent commission investigating the scandal told AFP, days ahead of the release of its report.
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Thousands Of Child Sex Abuse Victims In French Catholic Church: Probe
- Thursday June 18, 2020
- World News | Agence France-Presse
At least 3,000 children have fallen victim to sex abuse in the French Catholic Church since 1950, the president of a commission set up to investigate the claims said Wednesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Heavy Hearts As Notre-Dame In Paris Misses Christmas Mass In 200 Years
- Wednesday December 25, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris was unable to hold Christmas Eve Mass for the first time in more than 200 years after a fire ravaged its structure in April.
- www.ndtv.com
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French Bishops Vote To Offer Payments To Survivors Of Sex Abuse By Clergy
- Sunday November 10, 2019
- World News | Reuters
French bishops voted on Saturday in favour of a plan to offer payments to people who were sexually abused as children by members of the Catholic clergy.
- www.ndtv.com
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French Bishop Herve Gaschignard Resigns Over 'Inappropriate Behaviour' At Vatican's Behest
- Thursday April 6, 2017
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A French bishop resigned on Thursday at the behest of the Vatican over "inappropriate behaviour" towards youths, just weeks after complaints came to the attention of his diocese.
- www.ndtv.com
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French Muslims Invited To Church To Mourn Priest
- Sunday July 31, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Muslims across France were invited to participate in Catholic ceremonies today to mourn a priest whose murder by jihadist teenagers sparked fears of religious tension.
- www.ndtv.com
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French priest charged with rape, torture during exorcisms
- Thursday April 10, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A priest in an ultra-conservative Catholic sect has been charged with rape and torture for acts allegedly committed during exorcisms involving three schoolteachers.
- www.ndtv.com
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French gay marriage opponents stage big Paris march
- Monday May 27, 2013
- World News | Reuters
Several hundred thousand opponents of same-sex marriage marched in central Paris on Sunday against a reform the unpopular French government passed last month at the price of deepening political polarisation.
- www.ndtv.com
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French Catholic Church To Settle Sexual Abuse Claims With Asset Sales
- Monday November 8, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Catholic bishops in France agreed Monday to sell part of the Church's extensive real estate holdings to compensate thousands of victims of child sex abuse at the hands of clergy.
- www.ndtv.com
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French Bishops Kneel In Penance For Decades Of Child Sex Abuse By Church
- Sunday November 7, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Senior members of France's Catholic hierarchy knelt in a show of penance at the shrine of Lourdes Saturday, a day after bishops accepted the church's responsibility for decades of child abuse.
- www.ndtv.com
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French Prime Minister Meets Pope As Abuse Scandal Rages
- Monday October 18, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
French Prime Minister Jean Castex met Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday as the French Catholic Church battles a storm over clerical child sex abuse and the sanctity of confession.
- www.ndtv.com
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French Bishop Says Protecting Minors "Absolute Priority" After Confession Row
- Wednesday October 13, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Protecting children from sexual abuse is an "absolute priority" for the Catholic Church, a French archbishop said Tuesday, walking back previous comments suggesting priests should not violate the secrets of confession.
- www.ndtv.com
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Pope Expresses "Shame" After Damning Church Sex Abuse Report
- Wednesday October 6, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Pope Francis on Wednesday expressed his "shame" at the sexual abuse of children by French Catholic clergy, laid bare in a devastating report this week.
- www.ndtv.com
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Pope Expresses "Great Sorrow" For Sexual Abuse Victims Of French Clergy
- Tuesday October 5, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Pope Francis expressed his "great sorrow" for the victims of sexual abuse by French Catholic clergy after the publication on Tuesday of a devastating report, a Vatican spokesman said.
- www.ndtv.com
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French Bishops Seek Forgiveness After Damning Church Sex Abuse Report
- Tuesday October 5, 2021
- World News | Reuters
French clergy have sexually abused more than 200,000 children over the past 70 years, a major investigation released on Tuesday found, and its authors accused the Catholic Church of turning a blind eye for too long and urged it to reform.
- www.ndtv.com
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Some 3,000 Paedophiles In French Catholic Church Since 1950: Probe Panel Head
- Sunday October 3, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Thousands of paedophiles have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of an independent commission investigating the scandal told AFP, days ahead of the release of its report.
- www.ndtv.com
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Thousands Of Child Sex Abuse Victims In French Catholic Church: Probe
- Thursday June 18, 2020
- World News | Agence France-Presse
At least 3,000 children have fallen victim to sex abuse in the French Catholic Church since 1950, the president of a commission set up to investigate the claims said Wednesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Heavy Hearts As Notre-Dame In Paris Misses Christmas Mass In 200 Years
- Wednesday December 25, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris was unable to hold Christmas Eve Mass for the first time in more than 200 years after a fire ravaged its structure in April.
- www.ndtv.com
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French Bishops Vote To Offer Payments To Survivors Of Sex Abuse By Clergy
- Sunday November 10, 2019
- World News | Reuters
French bishops voted on Saturday in favour of a plan to offer payments to people who were sexually abused as children by members of the Catholic clergy.
- www.ndtv.com
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French Bishop Herve Gaschignard Resigns Over 'Inappropriate Behaviour' At Vatican's Behest
- Thursday April 6, 2017
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A French bishop resigned on Thursday at the behest of the Vatican over "inappropriate behaviour" towards youths, just weeks after complaints came to the attention of his diocese.
- www.ndtv.com
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French Muslims Invited To Church To Mourn Priest
- Sunday July 31, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Muslims across France were invited to participate in Catholic ceremonies today to mourn a priest whose murder by jihadist teenagers sparked fears of religious tension.
- www.ndtv.com
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French priest charged with rape, torture during exorcisms
- Thursday April 10, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A priest in an ultra-conservative Catholic sect has been charged with rape and torture for acts allegedly committed during exorcisms involving three schoolteachers.
- www.ndtv.com
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French gay marriage opponents stage big Paris march
- Monday May 27, 2013
- World News | Reuters
Several hundred thousand opponents of same-sex marriage marched in central Paris on Sunday against a reform the unpopular French government passed last month at the price of deepening political polarisation.
- www.ndtv.com