Daniel_Cheung
03-21-2010, 12:38 PM
Pope's shame and remorse over Irish child sex abuse
http://new.927thevan.com/news/articles/2010/mar/20/popes-shame-and-remorse-over-irish-child-sex-abuse/
Pope Benedict apologized on Saturday to victims of child sex abuse by clergy in Ireland and ordered an official inquiry there to try to stem a scandal gripping the Catholic Church which has swept across Europe.
The pope's pronouncement on abuse at Irish dioceses and seminaries was the most concrete step taken since a wave of cases hit Ireland, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands....
Merkel: Sex abuse scandal major challenge
http://wwrn.org/articles/32917/
Chancellor Angela Merkel called the sex abuse scandal rocking the homeland of Pope Benedict XVI a major challenge to German society and warned the only way to come to terms with it was to "find out everything that has happened."
Merkel's comments to parliament on Wednesday came amid growing impatience from Germany's Roman Catholics for the pontiff to address the scandal in his homeland, where some 300 former Catholic students have come forward with claims of physical or sexual abuse....
Munich diocese faces "tsunami" of abuse claims
http://wwrn.org/articles/32912/
Pope Benedict XVI's former diocese is facing new allegations of physical and sexual abuse on a daily basis, the head of its new sex-abuse task force said Friday.
"It is like a tsunami," Elke Huemmeler, who leads the diocese's newly founded abuse prevention task force, told The Associated Press.
Huemmeler estimates there are about 120 cases on the record to date, around 100 of them at the nearby Ettal monastery boarding school, run by Benedictine monks. She stresses, however, her role is not to deal with the old cases, but help set up the prevention program....
Danish child rights group wants review of church secrecy laws
http://wwrn.org/articles/32903/
A Danish children's rights group Thursday called for a review of the country's church secrecy rules so as to ensure that alleged cases of child abuse are investigated. Bishops in Denmark's small Catholic Church, which numbers some 35,000 people, as well as the Lutheran Church, have both cited professional secrecy rules as a reason for not reporting allegations heard by priests when offering counselling.
But Lisbeth Zornig Andersen, head of the National Council for Children, a government-funded agency, told broadcaster DR it was necessary to review such secrecy clauses. Zornig Andersen noted that the medical profession has exceptions in place when it comes to suspect cases of child abuse....
Irish Cardinal Apologizes for Sex Abuse Scandal
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/religion/Irish-Cardinal-Apologizes-for-Sex-Abuse-Scandal-Pope-Hopes-for-Healing-88209527.html
The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland has apologized for his handling of a child sex abuse scandal 35 years ago.
Cardinal Sean Brady chose to issue a very public apology in his St. Patrick's Day sermon in the cathedral in Armagh, in Northern Ireland. Speaking to journalists afterwards, he explained.....
Pope asks for forgiveness and rebukes Irish bishops for failing to act amid sex abuse crisis
http://www.romereports.com/palio/modules.php?t=Pope-asks-for-forgiveness-and-rebukes-Irish-bishops-for-failing-to-act-amid-sex-abuse-crisis&name=News&file=article&newlang=english&sid=1803
The pope says he’s truly sorry over the sexual abuses cases in Ireland and has rebuked Irish bishops for their lack of leadership in dealing with the crimes. The pope has delivered an unprecedented pastoral letter to the Catholic Irish Church. Never before had a pope written a document to address a similar situation.
In the letter, Benedict XVI said he feels betrayed after bishops ignored victims rights and failed to apply Canon Law.
He criticises them for staying silent and for ignoring his order to investigate the allegations and help victims 4 years ago. ...
German archbishop apologises over sex abuse case
http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/world/german-archbishop-apologises-over-sex-abuse-case-450774.html
The head of the German Bishops Conference apologised today for incidents of sexual abuse by a Roman Catholic priest two decades ago in the Freiburg diocese.
Archbishop Robert Zollitsch of Freiburg, who was in charge of human resources and staffing in the diocese at the time, said in a statement on the diocese’s website: “I apologise to the victims in the name of the diocese and ask for forgiveness.”
An anonymous letter from an abuse victim which was published by several German newspapers said Archbishop Zollitsch had covered up sexual abuse by a priest in the Black Forest community of Oberharmersbach in the 1980s and ’90s....
Sex scandal embroils Catholic Church in Brazil
http://wwrn.org/articles/32892/
Brazilian authorities are investigating three priests accused of sexually abusing altar boys after a video allegedly showing one case of abuse was broadcast on television, police and church officials said Tuesday.
The case came to light after the SBT network aired a video purportedly showing an 82-year-old priest having sex with a 19-year-old altar boy who worked for him for four years. Other young men appeared on the report saying that they, too, had been abused by Monsignor Luiz Marques Barbosa.
Also under investigation are Monsignor Raimundo Gomes, 52, and Father Edilson Duarte, 43, for allegedly having sexual relations with boys and young men....
http://new.927thevan.com/news/articles/2010/mar/20/popes-shame-and-remorse-over-irish-child-sex-abuse/
Pope Benedict apologized on Saturday to victims of child sex abuse by clergy in Ireland and ordered an official inquiry there to try to stem a scandal gripping the Catholic Church which has swept across Europe.
The pope's pronouncement on abuse at Irish dioceses and seminaries was the most concrete step taken since a wave of cases hit Ireland, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands....
Merkel: Sex abuse scandal major challenge
http://wwrn.org/articles/32917/
Chancellor Angela Merkel called the sex abuse scandal rocking the homeland of Pope Benedict XVI a major challenge to German society and warned the only way to come to terms with it was to "find out everything that has happened."
Merkel's comments to parliament on Wednesday came amid growing impatience from Germany's Roman Catholics for the pontiff to address the scandal in his homeland, where some 300 former Catholic students have come forward with claims of physical or sexual abuse....
Munich diocese faces "tsunami" of abuse claims
http://wwrn.org/articles/32912/
Pope Benedict XVI's former diocese is facing new allegations of physical and sexual abuse on a daily basis, the head of its new sex-abuse task force said Friday.
"It is like a tsunami," Elke Huemmeler, who leads the diocese's newly founded abuse prevention task force, told The Associated Press.
Huemmeler estimates there are about 120 cases on the record to date, around 100 of them at the nearby Ettal monastery boarding school, run by Benedictine monks. She stresses, however, her role is not to deal with the old cases, but help set up the prevention program....
Danish child rights group wants review of church secrecy laws
http://wwrn.org/articles/32903/
A Danish children's rights group Thursday called for a review of the country's church secrecy rules so as to ensure that alleged cases of child abuse are investigated. Bishops in Denmark's small Catholic Church, which numbers some 35,000 people, as well as the Lutheran Church, have both cited professional secrecy rules as a reason for not reporting allegations heard by priests when offering counselling.
But Lisbeth Zornig Andersen, head of the National Council for Children, a government-funded agency, told broadcaster DR it was necessary to review such secrecy clauses. Zornig Andersen noted that the medical profession has exceptions in place when it comes to suspect cases of child abuse....
Irish Cardinal Apologizes for Sex Abuse Scandal
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/religion/Irish-Cardinal-Apologizes-for-Sex-Abuse-Scandal-Pope-Hopes-for-Healing-88209527.html
The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland has apologized for his handling of a child sex abuse scandal 35 years ago.
Cardinal Sean Brady chose to issue a very public apology in his St. Patrick's Day sermon in the cathedral in Armagh, in Northern Ireland. Speaking to journalists afterwards, he explained.....
Pope asks for forgiveness and rebukes Irish bishops for failing to act amid sex abuse crisis
http://www.romereports.com/palio/modules.php?t=Pope-asks-for-forgiveness-and-rebukes-Irish-bishops-for-failing-to-act-amid-sex-abuse-crisis&name=News&file=article&newlang=english&sid=1803
The pope says he’s truly sorry over the sexual abuses cases in Ireland and has rebuked Irish bishops for their lack of leadership in dealing with the crimes. The pope has delivered an unprecedented pastoral letter to the Catholic Irish Church. Never before had a pope written a document to address a similar situation.
In the letter, Benedict XVI said he feels betrayed after bishops ignored victims rights and failed to apply Canon Law.
He criticises them for staying silent and for ignoring his order to investigate the allegations and help victims 4 years ago. ...
German archbishop apologises over sex abuse case
http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/world/german-archbishop-apologises-over-sex-abuse-case-450774.html
The head of the German Bishops Conference apologised today for incidents of sexual abuse by a Roman Catholic priest two decades ago in the Freiburg diocese.
Archbishop Robert Zollitsch of Freiburg, who was in charge of human resources and staffing in the diocese at the time, said in a statement on the diocese’s website: “I apologise to the victims in the name of the diocese and ask for forgiveness.”
An anonymous letter from an abuse victim which was published by several German newspapers said Archbishop Zollitsch had covered up sexual abuse by a priest in the Black Forest community of Oberharmersbach in the 1980s and ’90s....
Sex scandal embroils Catholic Church in Brazil
http://wwrn.org/articles/32892/
Brazilian authorities are investigating three priests accused of sexually abusing altar boys after a video allegedly showing one case of abuse was broadcast on television, police and church officials said Tuesday.
The case came to light after the SBT network aired a video purportedly showing an 82-year-old priest having sex with a 19-year-old altar boy who worked for him for four years. Other young men appeared on the report saying that they, too, had been abused by Monsignor Luiz Marques Barbosa.
Also under investigation are Monsignor Raimundo Gomes, 52, and Father Edilson Duarte, 43, for allegedly having sexual relations with boys and young men....