News of abuse

ABUSE SCANDAL IN CHURCH

Bishop close to Pope Francis formally accused of abuse in Argentina for first time

07-06-2019 17:52 The prosecutor's office in Salta Province said Friday that prosecutor Mónica Viazzi had accused Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta of "aggravated continuous sexual abuse."

SEX ABUSE SCANDAL

Pope: Argentine bishop accused of abuse is now facing Vatican trial

28-05-2019 17:27 Pontiff says he received the results of a preliminary investigation into Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta two weeks ago and ordered the case be handed over for trial by a Church tribunal.

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Pope Francis fights for Ireland to keep the faith

25-08-2018 11:34 Once a bastion of Roman Catholicism, the nation is unrecognisable from 40 years ago, when divorce was banned and same-sex marriage unheard of.

VATICAN MEETS ‘METOO’

Nuns denounce Catholic priests who abused them

28-07-2018 11:28 Buoyed by the #MeToo movement and the growing recognition that adults can be victims of sexual abuse when there is an imbalance of power in a relationship, sisters are going public after years of inaction by Church leaders.

MOGUL SURRENDERS TO POLICE

Weinstein charged with rape, sexual offences

26-05-2018 11:44 Hollywood producer arraigned on rape and other charges in the first criminal prosecution to result from the wave of allegations against him that sparked a national reckoning over sexual misconduct.

CATHOLIC CHURCH ABUSE SCANDAL

Fourteen priests linked to Chile sex abuse stripped of duties

23-05-2018 19:17 A priest said in that report aired last week that the group formed a sex abuse ring a decade ago, and engaged in sex acts with no regard for whether were minors or of age.

Justo José Ilarraz

Argentine priest jailed for 25 years for child molestation

22-05-2018 11:19 Ilarraz, 57, carried out the abuse at a diocesan school in the city of Parana, 600 kilometres north of Buenos Aires.

AT THE VATICAN

Chile's bishops resign en masse over sex abuse cover-up

18-05-2018 12:18 The bishops announced at the end of an emergency Vatican summit that all 31 active bishops in Rome had signed a document offering to resign.

FOLLOWING CONTROVERSIAL CHILE TRIP

Pope receives Chilean bishops over sex abuse scandal

15-05-2018 10:16 The visit comes two weeks after Francis held private meetings with three victims of Chilean paedophile priest Fernando Karadima, and promised to adopt “adequate and lasting” measures to stop child sex abuse within the Catholic church.

ABUSE AND THE CHURCH

Sexual abuse scandals deepen Chile mistrust in Catholic church

04-05-2018 08:17 Chile is witnessing a growing rift between the people and the Church, sharpened by a string of sexual abuse scandals.

FIVE ATTACKED 18-YEAR-OLD

Anger erupts in Spain after five accused of gang rape jailed for sexual abuse

26-04-2018 17:41 The five members of "La Manada" — or "The Pack," after the nickname the group gave themselves — were found guilty of sexual abuse, which doesn't involve violence or intimidation under Spain's criminal code.

Chile's clerical sex abuse scandal

Abuse whistleblower: I'll tell Pope to get rid of 'toxic' bishops

25-04-2018 16:39 "I believe [Francis] is a good man and I believe he wants to do the right thing," says Juan Carlos Crux. "He needs to hold them accountable."

CHILD ABUSE SCANDAL

German delegation visits Chile over Nazi paedophile sect

25-04-2018 08:10 Colonia Dignidad was a strictly-governed commune founded in 1961 by a group of German immigrants led by former Nazi medic Paul Schaefer, who had fled Germany to escape child abuse charges.

ABUSE AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Pope admits to 'grave errors' in handling of Chile sex abuse scandal

11-04-2018 16:20 Francis summons all of Chile's bishops to the Vatican for an emergency summit to discuss the scandal, which has badly tarnished his reputation and that of the Chilean Church.

ABUSE ALLEGATIONS

Shocking claims emerge as child abuse scandal in sport widens

07-04-2018 10:30 The case has now snowballed into a giant scandal, with allegations now coming to light involving River Plate, Temperley and Argentina’s gymnastics squad.

SEXUAL ABUSE IN SPORTS

Argentina's gymnastic squad faces criminal complaint over sexual abuse allegations

04-04-2018 11:03 The complaint comes just days after allegations that three youth players at River Plate football club were sexually abused and that a child prostitution ring operated at Independiente Club.

ANOTHER CHILD SEX ABUSE SCANDAL

Three youth players sexually abused at River: report

02-04-2018 13:37 Following the recent revelations of a child prostitution ring at the Independiente football club, the iconic River Plate club is now in a similar position.

CHURCH CHALLENGES

Five years on, Pope Francis under fire over sex abuse scandals

16-03-2018 15:30 The scandals have haunted his papacy.