Spiritual Abuse in the Heart of the Church

Nov 20, 2023 23:44

ZENIT Staff

Dom Dysmas De Lassus Author of “Abuse in Religious Life and the Path to Healing” Photo: Cath.ch

Papal Trips•Protection of vulnerable people

WYD Lisbon 2023: Pope privately received a group of 13 victims of sexual abuse

The meeting took place in an atmosphere of intense listening and lasted for over an hour, concluding after 8:15 p.m.

Aug 04, 2023 14:12

ZENIT Staff

Protection of vulnerable people

Official: Artist Priest Marko Rupnik Is Expelled from the Jesuits Who Also Break with the Aletti Center

The Society of Jesus also expressed that there has not been a resident Jesuit community in the Aletti Center for a long time.

Jul 24, 2023 03:21

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

Peru: What Does the Sodality of Christian Life Think About Archbishop Charles Scicluna’s Visit to Peru to Investigate Them?

Enrique Villegas (ZENIT News / Lima, 07.24.2023).- During the penultimate week of the month of July, several media of Peru announced a visit of a Holy See delegation, which would carry out investigations on the abuse of minors related to the Sodality […]

Jul 24, 2023 02:53

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Protection of vulnerable people

USA: On the «disappearance» of sexual abuse by clergy

The 2022 Annual Report considers allegations made between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022. It found that there were 16 allegations made by minors during that time, seven of which were substantiated. That means that of the 52,387 members of the clergy (34,344 priests and 18,043 deacons), .013 percent of them had a substantiated allegation made against him.

Jul 21, 2023 23:56

ZENIT Staff

Justice and Peace•Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

USA: bishops make sex abuse data and their struggle transparent in 2022 annual report

The number of allegations is 399 less than that reported in 2021 and 1,548 less than that reported in 2020. This decrease is due in large part to the resolution of allegations received as a result of lawsuits, compensation programs, and bankruptcies.

Jul 14, 2023 20:43

ZENIT Staff

Cardinal François-Xavier Bustillo, Bishop of Ajaccio, confirmed that Pope Francis will visit Corsica on December 15, 2024

Pope Francis to visit France on December 15, 2024

Pope Francis to Make Historic Visit to Corsica, Embracing Mediterranean Traditions

Fernando María Cornet, an Argentine-born former diocesan priest

Rising Rebellion: Italian Clergy Sanctioned for Rejecting Pope Francis

By enforcing penalties against dissenters, the Church seeks to preserve unity and authority. Yet the persistence of such voices suggests unresolved fractures in Catholicism’s global community.

Spiritual Abuse in the Heart of the Church

Pope Proposes Three Actions to Protect Minors from Abuses

In Face of the Rupnik Case, Vatican Commission Expresses Concern Over the Insufficiencies of Disciplinary Processes

Rupnik Case: Pope Lifts Prescription and Reopens Investigation Against Former Jesuit

Canada: Parents’ Impressive Rebellion Against Gender Education

Pope Francis Speaks Harshly Against Child Pornography: “Criminality at the Service of Mobile Phones

Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Declared Incompetent to Stand Criminal Trial

WYD Lisbon 2023: Pope privately received a group of 13 victims of sexual abuse

Official: Artist Priest Marko Rupnik Is Expelled from the Jesuits Who Also Break with the Aletti Center

Peru: What Does the Sodality of Christian Life Think About Archbishop Charles Scicluna’s Visit to Peru to Investigate Them?

USA: On the «disappearance» of sexual abuse by clergy

USA: bishops make sex abuse data and their struggle transparent in 2022 annual report