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

Oct 27, 2023 20:27

ZENIT Staff

Mark Ivan Rupnik Photo: AgenciaSIR

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

Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

According to An Expert, Former Cardinal McCarrick Is Not Fit for Trial

McCarrick’s lawyers requested that the case be thrown out, arguing that a psychiatric expert had examined him and concluded that he has dementia, probably Alzheimer’s disease.

Jul 10, 2023 15:47

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Protection of vulnerable people

The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors launches global consultation on updated Guidelines to prevent sexual abuse in the Church

The function of these principles is to promote protection from abuse in the Church according to existing good practices in safeguarding, with a focus on assisting people impacted by abuse and the importance of dealing appropriately with instances of abuse.

Jun 23, 2023 06:07

ZENIT Staff

Protection of vulnerable people•Rome

Father Marko Rupnik Corrects the Society of Jesus: He Asked to Leave First and with Him All the Jesuits of the Aletti Center

According to Maria Campatelli, director of the Aletti Center, «the event that led to his resignation deserves a reconstruction that takes into account at least other elements.»

Jun 17, 2023 18:26

ZENIT Staff

Reflections of Pope Leo XIV on the art of Christian education

Address of the Pope to participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life

Pope Leo XIV Opens the Vatican Doors to the Only Orthodox Apostolate Accompanying Homosexual People to Live in Chastity

Members of Courage are men and women who experience same-sex attraction and who, inspired by the Gospel’s call to holiness and the Church’s beautiful teachings on the good and end of human sexuality, have freely chosen to live in chastity.

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

According to An Expert, Former Cardinal McCarrick Is Not Fit for Trial

The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors launches global consultation on updated Guidelines to prevent sexual abuse in the Church

Father Marko Rupnik Corrects the Society of Jesus: He Asked to Leave First and with Him All the Jesuits of the Aletti Center