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Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 02 01:32 PM

COLMAR, France - A French priest Friday sentenced to five years, two without parole, on Friday for sexually assaulting four young female parishioners, one of whom was just nine when the offenses started, and embezzling 100,000 euros ($115,000) to pay one of his victims. Read more »

'I had a bad feeling': Priest recalls Jolo cathedral blasts

Chiara Zambrano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 30 04:42 AM

SULU - When he entered the church Sunday for the first mass, he had a bad feeling something would happen. Read more »

'Priest' arrested in Cavite drug buy-bust not Catholic, CBCP says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 05:46 PM

MANILA - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Friday clarified that the supposed priest who was arrested in a drug buy-bust operation in Cavite Thursday is not a member of the Catholic clergy. Read more »

Bacani: Hard to probe Duterte's priest abuse claim as clergyman already dead

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 08:56 PM

MANILA - Investigating President Rodrigo Duterte's claim of being abused by a priest when he was young is difficult as the clergyman is already dead, Novaliches Bishop Emeritus Teodoro Bacani said. Read more »

Duterte says he will have himself crucified if Church can refute book

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 04:53 AM

BULACAN - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday claimed that would have himself nailed on a cross if Catholic Church leaders can refute the allegations contained in the book “Altar of Secrets.” Read more »

Traslacion 2019 shows Duterte's attacks futile, Church leaders say

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 11 05:00 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte's disparaging remarks against the Catholic Church have not dissuaded millions of Filipinos from their faith, church leaders said Thursday. Read more »

Pari, may mensahe sa sasali sa Traslacion 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 01:46 AM

MAYNILA - Pinayuhan ng Simbahan ng Quiapo ang mga sasama sa Traslacion sa susunod na linggo na magkaroon ng paghahandang pisikal, mental, emosyonal, at higit sa lahat, espiritwal. Read more »

Palace defends Duterte remark about 'touching' helper

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 30 08:33 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Sunday defended President Rodrigo Duterte's remark about touching a housekeeper's private parts when he was still a teenager, saying it was a "concocted story" meant as a criticism against alleged sexual abuses committed by priests. Read more »

Duterte recalls lewd act on maid in his youth, then being ‘touched’ by priest

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 29 11:33 PM

Duterte on Saturday recalled confessing to a Catholic priest about an inappropriate act he did to a maid when he was younger, and being "touched" by the prelate. Read more »

Pinoy priest suspended over suicide sermon at teen's funeral

ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Updated as of Dec 18 05:01 PM

The Filipino priest called the deceased a sinner and sermonized on the morality of suicide. Read more »

Pari, nababahala sa mga atake ni Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 12:35 AM

Nababahala ang isang pari sa mga pasaring ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte laban sa liderato ng Simbahang Katolika. Read more »

Philippines to deport American Catholic priest wanted for sex crimes

Manuel Mogato, Reuters
Posted at Dec 06 10:23 PM

MANILA - Philippine law enforcement agents have arrested a 77-year-old American Catholic priest on a warrant for sex crimes issued by a court in the United States, a spokeswoman for immigration authorities said on Thursday. Read more »

'Ignore my vestment': Person living with HIV gets 'free hugs'

Gillian Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 05 10:30 PM

A priest embracing a person living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has gone viral on social media. Read more »

Banyagang pari arestado sa Biliran dahil sa kasong pangmomolestiya

Jenette Fariola-Ruedas, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 05 06:33 PM

NAVAL, Biliran -- Inaresto ng mga operatiba ng Bureau of Immigration sa bayan na ito ang isang Amerikanong pari na umano'y sangkot sa ilang kaso ng pangmomolestiya sa Estados Unidos at sa Pilipinas. Read more »

'Charge all complicit church leaders': Fil-Am survivor on clergy sex abuse

Henni Espinosa, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 27 05:57 AM

The list containing names of alleged abusive priests in the archdioceses of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose has sent shockwaves to Roman Catholic churches in the Bay Area. Read more »

2 Pinoy priests in US accused of sexual misconduct

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 24 05:17 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - The Roman Catholic Church continues to grapple against allegations of widespread sexual abuse on children in several dioceses in the United States. Read more »

Suspek sa pagpatay ng pari sa Nueva Ecija, arestado

Harris Julio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 06 02:39 PM

Arestado ang itinuturong suspek sa pagpatay sa kura paroko ng isang bayan sa Nueva Ecija, Sabado. Read more »

Pope defrocks priest at center of Chilean sexual abuse scandal

Reuters
Posted at Sep 28 10:28 PM

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has defrocked Father Fernando Karadima, the 88-year-old priest at the center of the vast sexual abuse scandal in Chile, the Vatican said on Friday. Read more »

READ: CBCP Pastoral Exhortation: Rejoice and be glad!

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 02:54 PM

What is new about priests being murdered for witnessing to Christ? What is new about modern prophets being silenced by the treacherous bullets of assassins? Read more »

'Fall guy' in priest's slay won't file case vs cops

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 06 04:07 PM

MANILA - A man who was wrongfully tagged as the killer of a Catholic priest in Nueva Ecija said Friday he would not pursue a complaint against police officers who arrested him. Read more »

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