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Christopher Saunders, who denies grooming young boys, criticised the Catholic church’s response to child sexual abuse allegations at a royal commission in 2017Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA Catholic leader no…
Event organisers say it’s ‘crunch time’ for pope as scandal and bigotry drive Church members to leaveThey make up more than half its membership, they have been denied a say for centuries in the way it is run: but, early next month, women will gather in…
Pontiff says rescuing those making Mediterranean crossings is a ‘duty of humanity’ on first visit by a pope to Marseille in 500 years Pope Francis has decried what he called the “fanaticism of indifference” as people risked their lives on dangerous jou…
Report identified 67 Aboriginal boys and young men who may have been subjected to the alleged acts by Christopher Saunders, who denies the allegations and has not been chargedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and aft…
Archbishop of Perth says the former bishop has denied the ‘deeply distressing’ allegationsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Catholic archbishop of Perth sa…
Lawrence Hecker, 92, earlier admitted to having sex with three underage boys in 1960s and 70s, but denied using violenceThe retired Catholic priest Lawrence Hecker pleaded not guilty in a New Orleans courtroom on Wednesday, five days after he turned hi…
Ulma family including unborn child all beatified for their actions to help Jews during second world war The Vatican has beatified a Polish family of nine – a married couple and their small children – who were executed by the Nazis during the second wo…
Gregory Aymond’s letter contradicts promises made to schools and churches when archdiocese declared bankruptcy in May 2020Contradicting promises he made when his archdiocese declared bankruptcy in May 2020, New Orleans’s archbishop, Gregory Aymond, tol…
Man whose report of abuse led to Lawrence Hecker’s indictment on Thursday first reported it as a teenager in 1975The accuser of a retired New Orleans Catholic priest who was indicted on a child rape charge on Thursday remembers immediately reporting th…
Lawrence Hecker, 91, charged with first-degree rape two months after Guardian report on 1999 statement in which he admitted ‘overtly sexual acts’A retired Catholic priest from New Orleans who years ago secretly admitted to church leaders that he sexual…