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Vatican Letter to Irish Bishops on Sex Abuse: A 'Smoking Gun' in Conspiracy?
By David Gibson - Politics DailyThe Vatican is scrambling to tamp down yet another crisis in the ongoing clergy sexual abuse scandal, this time over the revelation of a 1997 letter from a senior Vatican official telling the bishops of Ireland not to implement their new policy of reporting abusive priests to law enforcement authorities. Advocates for victims and other critics say the letter from the Vatican's envoy to Ireland at the time is a "smoking gun" proving their claims that the Vatican helped direct an effort to conceal abuses for years. "The letter is of huge international significance, because it shows that the ...
Belgian Catholic Leader Says Church Does Not Have to Compensate Sex Abuse Victims
By David Gibson - Politics DailyThe controversial prelate appointed less than a year ago by Pope Benedict XVI to push the liberal-leaning Catholic Church in Belgium in a more conservative direction has sparked yet another uproar by telling a government commission that the church has no obligation to compensate victims of sexual abuse by priests. "The civil court must determine the compensation and the offender [the accused priest] must pay," Archbishop André-Joseph Léonard of Mechelen-Brussels told a parliamentary commission in testimony three days before Christmas. According to the National Catholic Reporter, which ...
Vatican's New Rules Against Child Sex Abusers to Maintain Status Quo
By David Gibson - Politics DailyThe Vatican is expected to slightly enhance its rules for punishing clergy who sexually abuse children, but the new policies, likely to be announced within days, will still fall short of what victim advocates say is necessary to protect minors. Moreover, the changes are seen as fairly minor concessions in a decades-long battle to push Rome to act forcefully against abusers. In addition, the new policy, which has reportedly been signed by Pope Benedict XVI, still has no provision for dealing with bishops who cover up for molesting priests and it is unlikely to clarify whether or how bishops ...
Sinéad O'Connor: Pop Star Mom Is An Unlikely Prophet for a Scandalized Church
By Rory Fitzgerald - Politics DailyDUBLIN -- They say that God has a sense of humor. Some might be surprised, or even amused, by the idea that Sinéad O'Connor is now a powerful voice for renewal in the scandal-hit Catholic Church. Although she is often imagined to be hostile to Catholicism, she in fact holds a deep affection for the faith: "I think the essence of Catholicism is beautiful. . . . What I would love to see is for Catholicism to survive this, so that true Catholicism can shine." In the early 1990s the stark, ethereal beauty of her voice enchanted the world, catapulting her to fame. But she came crashing down ...
Archbishop Sambi 'Fetid Pervert' Story, Reconsidered
By Carl M. Cannon - Politics DailyLast Saturday, Politics Daily published a disquieting story that hinged on a claim by a 67-year-old man named John Wojnowski, who has picketed the Vatican embassy on Massachusetts Avenue in Washington for the past dozen years. Wojnowski, who says he was molested in 1958 by an Italian priest and repressed the memory until 1997, seeks an apology and "reparations" from the Catholic Church. He and his large signs are a familiar sight in Washington. (The most recent of his banners reads: "Sociopaths Hide Pedophiles.Vatican Hides Pedophiles.") Our piece, written by veteran reporter Annie Groer, ...
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