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Vatican revises its rules on clerical sex abuse (AP)

July 15th, 2010

Monsignor Charles Scicluna, the Vatican's sex crimes prosecutor, left, and Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi talk to the media during a briefing to present a new set of norms The Vatican issued to respond to the worldwide clerical abuse scandal, cracking down on priests who rape and molest minors and the mentally disabled, at the Vatican, Thursday, July 15, 2010. The norms extend from 10 to 20 years the statute of limitations on priestly abuse and also codify for the first time that possessing or distributing child pornography is a canonical crime. But the document made no mention of the need for bishops to report abuse to police and doesn't include any 'one-strike and you're out' policy as demanded by some victims' groups. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - The Vatican revised its in-house rules to deal with clerical sex abuse cases Thursday, targeting priests who molest the mentally disabled as well as children and doubling the…

Sex abuse crisis gives new momentum to dissidents (AP)

June 8th, 2010

Representatives of the Women's Ordination Conference stage a protest in front of St.Peter's Basilica, in Rome, with holding poster at front, from left, Therese Koturbash from Dauphin, Matitoba, Canada, Mary Ann Schoettly from Newton, N.J, US, and Erin Saiz Hanna, Washington, D.C. US, as they protest on Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Groups that have long demanded that women be ordained Roman Catholic priests took advantage of the Vatican's crisis over clerical sex abuse to press their cause demanding the Vatican open discussions on letting women join the priesthood. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - The clerical sex abuse crisis is energizing Roman Catholic dissidents who want to open up the priesthood to women and ditch celibacy requirements.


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Women’s ordination groups march on Vatican (AP)

June 8th, 2010

AP - Groups that have long demanded that women be ordained Roman Catholic priests took advantage of the Vatican’s crisis over clerical sex abuse to press their cause Tuesday, demanding…

Bishop: 100 cases in 10 yrs for Italy priest abuse (AP)

May 25th, 2010

AP - Italy’s bishops’ conference provided the first ever statistics of clerical sex abuse in the country Tuesday, saying there had been about 100 cases over the past 10 years…

AP: Vatican details US sex abuse defense (AP)

May 16th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI blesses faithful from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 16, 2010. An estimated 150,000 people filled St. Peter's Square on Sunday in a major show of support for Pope Benedict XVI over the clerical sex abuse scandal, the Vatican said. Benedict said he was comforted by such a 'beautiful and spontaneous show of faith and solidarity' and again denounced what he called the 'sin' that has infected the church and needs to be purified. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - The Vatican on Monday will make its most detailed defense yet against claims that it is liable for U.S. bishops who allowed priests to molest children, saying bishops…

AP Exclusive: Vatican details US sex abuse defense (AP)

May 16th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI blesses faithful from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 16, 2010. An estimated 150,000 people filled St. Peter's Square on Sunday in a major show of support for Pope Benedict XVI over the clerical sex abuse scandal, the Vatican said. Benedict said he was comforted by such a 'beautiful and spontaneous show of faith and solidarity' and again denounced what he called the 'sin' that has infected the church and needs to be purified. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - The Vatican on Monday will make its most detailed argument yet for why it is not liable for bishops who allowed priests to molest children in the U.S.,…

Report: Cardinal attacks former Vatican No. 2 (AP)

May 7th, 2010

AP - Austria’s cardinal has said the former second-highest Vatican official blocked a probe into a sex abuse scandal that rocked the country’s Catholic church 15 years ago.

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Belgian bishops nix US sex norms but vow action (AP)

May 7th, 2010

AP - Tough U.S. norms about dealing with clerical sex abuse that have been hailed as a model by the Vatican aren’t appropriate for Belgium, even as it deals with…

Vatican to bishops: follow law, report sex abuse (AP)

April 12th, 2010

FILE - In this March 31, 2010 photo, Pope Benedict XVI waves as he is driven through the crowd during his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican. The uproar caused by reports that, as an archbishop years ago in Germany and later as a Vatican cardinal, Benedict and his aides were slow to defrock abusive priests, cannot be explained as the church equivalent of Watergate with the pope in the role of U.S. president. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - The Vatican responded Monday to allegations that it had concealed years of clerical sex abuse by making it clear for the first time that bishops and other high-ranking…

Vatican: Bishops must report sex abuse to police (AP)

April 12th, 2010

FILE - In this March 31, 2010 photo, Pope Benedict XVI waves as he is driven through the crowd during his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican. The uproar caused by reports that, as an archbishop years ago in Germany and later as a Vatican cardinal, Benedict and his aides were slow to defrock abusive priests, cannot be explained as the church equivalent of Watergate with the pope in the role of U.S. president. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - The Vatican responded Monday to allegations that it had concealed years of clerical sex abuse by making it clear for the first time that bishops and other high-ranking…

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