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Church Must "Seek Forgiveness" Over "Scourge" Of Child Sexual Abuse: Pope
Pope Francis said Friday that the Catholic Church must "seek forgiveness" over the "scourge" of child sexual abuse, during a visit to Belgium where the Church's dark past looms large.
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French Bishops Vote To Offer Payments To Survivors Of Sex Abuse By Clergy
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.
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Pope Francis Enacts New Legislation To Prevent Child Abuse In Vatican
Pope Francis on Friday enacted sweeping new legislation to protect children from sexual abuse within the Vatican and other Holy See institutions in Rome as well as by its diplomatic corps worldwide.
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Priests Who Abuse Children "Tools Of Satan", Says Pope Francis
Pope Francis on Sunday compared the sexual abuse of children to human sacrifice as he addressed the Catholic Church's top bishops at the end of a landmark summit to tackle paedophilia.
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Kailash Satyarthi Meets Pope, Seeks Help For Law Against Child Sex Abuse
Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi on Friday called on Pope Francis and sought his support for a new legally binding international law against growing digital and online forms of child sexual exploitation and abuse cases.
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Pope Francis Meets Survivors Of Child Sexual Abuse In Chile, "Cries With Them"
Pope Francis on Tuesday met with a small group of victims of child sexual abuse by priests in Chile, the Vatican said, adding that he "listened, prayed and cried with them".
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Pope Francis Expresses 'Pain' And 'Shame' Over Abuse Scandal In Chile
Pope Francis on Tuesday expressed his "pain" and "shame" over child sexual abuse scandals that have rocked the church in Chile, as he made his first speech during a visit to the South American country.
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Vatican must turn all child abusers over to police: UN
The United Nations demanded on Wednesday that the Vatican "immediately remove" all clergy who are known or suspected child abusers and turn them over to civil authorities, in an unprecedented and scathing report.
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Pope Assembles Experts To Tackle Child Sex Abuse
Pope Francis on Thursday ordered the formation of a team of experts to address the sexual abuse of children in the Catholic Church, in his first major step to tackle a crisis that has plagued it for two decades.
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Pope wants Church to 'act decisively' against sex abuse
Pope Francis wants the Catholic Church to "act decisively" to root out sexual abuse of children by priests and ensure the perpetrators are punished, the Vatican said on Friday.
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Church Must "Seek Forgiveness" Over "Scourge" Of Child Sexual Abuse: Pope
Pope Francis said Friday that the Catholic Church must "seek forgiveness" over the "scourge" of child sexual abuse, during a visit to Belgium where the Church's dark past looms large.
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French Bishops Vote To Offer Payments To Survivors Of Sex Abuse By Clergy
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.
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Pope Francis Enacts New Legislation To Prevent Child Abuse In Vatican
Pope Francis on Friday enacted sweeping new legislation to protect children from sexual abuse within the Vatican and other Holy See institutions in Rome as well as by its diplomatic corps worldwide.
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Priests Who Abuse Children "Tools Of Satan", Says Pope Francis
Pope Francis on Sunday compared the sexual abuse of children to human sacrifice as he addressed the Catholic Church's top bishops at the end of a landmark summit to tackle paedophilia.
-
Kailash Satyarthi Meets Pope, Seeks Help For Law Against Child Sex Abuse
Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi on Friday called on Pope Francis and sought his support for a new legally binding international law against growing digital and online forms of child sexual exploitation and abuse cases.
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Pope Francis Meets Survivors Of Child Sexual Abuse In Chile, "Cries With Them"
Pope Francis on Tuesday met with a small group of victims of child sexual abuse by priests in Chile, the Vatican said, adding that he "listened, prayed and cried with them".
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Pope Francis Expresses 'Pain' And 'Shame' Over Abuse Scandal In Chile
Pope Francis on Tuesday expressed his "pain" and "shame" over child sexual abuse scandals that have rocked the church in Chile, as he made his first speech during a visit to the South American country.
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Vatican must turn all child abusers over to police: UN
The United Nations demanded on Wednesday that the Vatican "immediately remove" all clergy who are known or suspected child abusers and turn them over to civil authorities, in an unprecedented and scathing report.
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Pope Assembles Experts To Tackle Child Sex Abuse
Pope Francis on Thursday ordered the formation of a team of experts to address the sexual abuse of children in the Catholic Church, in his first major step to tackle a crisis that has plagued it for two decades.
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Pope wants Church to 'act decisively' against sex abuse
Pope Francis wants the Catholic Church to "act decisively" to root out sexual abuse of children by priests and ensure the perpetrators are punished, the Vatican said on Friday.
