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Pope accepts abuse resignation of Chile cardinal Ezzati: Vatican

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 23 11:02 PM

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Chilean Cardinal Riccardo Ezzati, who had agreed to step down along with his country's bishops over sexual abuse cases and their cover-up, the Vatican said Saturday. Read more »

Illinois list of alleged abusive priests includes Pinoy clergymen

TJ Manotoc, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 22 01:02 PM

A law firm representing survivors of clergy abuse has released a list of almost 400 names of Catholic priests, clerics, and brothers who have been publicly accused of sexual abuse in Illinois. Read more »

Amerikanong abogado, tutulong sa mga biktima ng pangmomolestiya ng pari sa Biliran

Jenette Ruedas, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 21 10:17 PM

TACLOBAN CITY - Pumunta sa Pilipinas ang isang Amerikanong abogado para tulungan ang mga biktimang umano'y minolestiya ng isang pari sa bayan ng Naval, Biliran. Read more »

West Virginia sues Catholic diocese for knowingly hiring sexual abusers of children

Gabriella Borter, Reuters
Posted at Mar 20 07:31 AM

West Virginia officials sued the state's Roman Catholic diocese on Tuesday, accusing the church of knowingly employing priests and lay people in schools, parishes and camps who admitted to sexually assaulting children. Read more »

Pope rejects resignation of French cardinal in sex abuse cover-up

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 20 01:03 AM

The decision comes against the background of the Roman Catholic Church's struggle to restore trust in its efforts to fight child abuse. Read more »

Pell victim says 'hard to take comfort' from sentencing

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 13 04:17 PM

MELBOURNE, Australia - The former choirboy molested by Australian Cardinal George Pell said Wednesday it was "hard to take comfort" from the Vatican official's sentence of six years in prison for the crime. Read more »

Former Vatican treasurer Pell jailed for 6 years for sexually abusing choir boys

Sonali Paul, Reuters
Posted at Mar 13 01:14 PM

MELBOURNE - Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell was sentenced to six years in jail on Wednesday by an Australian court for sexually abusing two choir boys in Melbourne in the 1990s, and will be registered as a sex offender for the rest of his life. Read more »

New R. Kelly sex abuse tape discovered: lawyer

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 11 08:34 AM

NEW YORK - One of the lawyers representing women who claim they were abused by R&B star R. Kelly said Sunday a new video tape had emerged which showed the singer "sexually abusing children." Read more »

R. Kelly back in custody for failing to pay child support

Nova Safo, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 07 07:41 AM

CHICAGO - R&B superstar R. Kelly was taken into custody Wednesday for failing to pay child support, just weeks after he was detained on sex abuse charges. Read more »

Backlash begins over 'Leaving Neverland' Jackson abuse documentary

Jill Serjeant, Reuters
Posted at Mar 06 05:36 AM

LOS ANGELES - Some radio stations in Canada and the Netherlands stopped playing Michael Jackson's music and fans bombarded Oprah Winfrey with hateful messages after the broadcast of a documentary about alleged child abuse by the late singer. Read more »

UK, Australian police help Philippines fight child cybersex trafficking

Beh Lih Yi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Feb 28 08:23 AM

British and Australian police are supporting the Philippines' first center to combat the online sexual abuse of children, launched on Wednesday, as the country becomes a global hotspot for the growing crime.   Read more »

Top pope aide Cardinal Pell convicted of child sex crimes

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 27 06:32 AM

MELBOURNE, Australia - Australian Cardinal George Pell, once one of Pope Francis' closest advisors, has been found guilty of sexually assaulting 2 choirboys, becoming the most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted of child sex crimes. Read more »

Vatican treasurer found guilty of abusing two choir boys 22 years ago

Sonali Paul, Reuters
Posted at Feb 26 09:14 AM

An Australian court has found Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican Treasurer and a former top adviser to Pope Francis, guilty on 5 charges of child sexual offenses committed more than 2 decades ago against 13-year-old boys. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 25, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 26 12:18 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Duterte: Catholicism may end 25 years from now

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 11:13 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday that the Catholic religion may cease to exist 25 years from now due to allegations of corruption and sex abuse. Read more »

HIGHLIGHTS: Vatican's landmark summit on clerical sexual abuse

Erik Tenedero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 25 11:10 PM

Pope Francis on Sunday closed a four-day summit on clerical sexual abuse, declaring an "all-out battle" against abusers within the Church whom the pontiff called "tools of Satan."  Read more »

Laban vs sexual abuse ilulunsad ng Simbahang Katolika

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 09:42 PM

Sa pagtatapos ng makasaysayang pagpupulong sa Vatican, sinabi ni Pope Francis na dapat labanan ang mga ginawang pang-aabuso ng mga alagad ng simbahan. Read more »

Pope Francis presides over sexual abuse summit

CTV via Reuters
Posted at Feb 25 08:54 PM

Pope Francis is seen during the last day of the four-day meeting on the global sexual abuse crisis, at the Vatican in this screen grab taken from video. Read more »

We are 'our worst enemy,' bishop says as abuse conference wraps up

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Feb 24 06:39 PM

The Catholic Church has become its "own worst enemy" for concealing clergy sexual abuse and not listening enough to victims, a leading archbishop said on Sunday as a landmark Vatican conference was ending. Read more »

Pope says priests who molest kids are 'tools of Satan'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 24 06:33 PM

Pope Francis on Sunday described clergy who abuse kids as "tools of Satan" and compared the sexual abuse of children to human sacrifice as he addressed the Catholic Church's top bishops at the end of a landmark summit to tackle paedophilia. Read more »