By David Gibson Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Making recommendations “to Catholic leadership” was an objective of the “causes and context” study released in Washington May 18. The study sought to understand factors that led to sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests in the United States.
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Major recommendations from ’causes and context’ report on abuse
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By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Here are some key quotes from the report titled “The Causes and Context of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests in the United States, 1950-2010,” released May 18 in Washington.
By Nancy Frazier O’Brien Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Here is a timeline for some key events in the clergy sex abuse crisis in the United States and the church response to it.
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Every bishops’ conference in the world must have guidelines for handling accusations of clerical sex abuse in place within a year, said the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
By David Gibson Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Teresa Kettelkamp anticipates that over the next few years every article in the U.S. bishops’ 2002 “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People” will come to be viewed as the commonly expected practice in dioceses, parishes, schools and other church organizations. Catholics will say, [...]
By David Gibson Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — It is “critical to build safety barriers around children and young people to keep them from harm,” said Teresa M. Kettelkamp, executive director of the Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington.
Many people know him or know of him. He’s the motorcycle riding, ship sailing, and kilt wearing priest in Port Arthur. He’s Father Sinclair Oubre and he’s just celebrated 25 years as a priest. Father Oubre is pastor at St. John the Evangelist, episcopal vicar of the Southern vicariate, and president of Apostleship of the [...]
“It’s an inspiration to me to see all these people come together with one objective in mind, to teach children,” Bishop Curtis Guillory said at the Bishop’s Teacher Appreciation Banquet May 12 at the St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica Center, Beaumont. The banquet honored 25 teachers, principals, and volunteers representing all six schools in the diocese. [...]
If Jesus Christ were on earth today, how would He spread his message of salvation? Would He use television, radio, newspapers, text messages, billboards, DVDs, or even the Internet? Pope Benedict XVI, in his 43rd message for World Communication Day, said that these technologies are truly a gift to humanity and we must ensure that [...]
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — One of the greatest contributions believers in God can make to the struggle for human rights is to strengthen awareness that human beings are created in God’s image, Pope Benedict XVI told representatives of a major Jewish human rights organization. Meeting a 21-member delegation from [...]
