Report: Hong Kong Catholics Won’t Hand Pedophile Priest Confessions to Police
Church officials will not hand over any written confessions Although Hong Kong's Roman Catholic Church has said it will cooperate with police investigating allegations of sexual abuse of children, church officials will not hand over any written confessions by priests, a newspaper reported Thursday. The South China Morning Post … [Read more...] about Report: Hong Kong Catholics Won’t Hand Pedophile Priest Confessions to Police
Court To Decide On Damages From Diocese
Plaintiff Damages From Diocese. The plaintiff's attorney says the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese showed "abhorrent conduct" and should have to pay up more for its failure to rein in a pedophile priest. A diocese lawyer says church officials showed "no evil motive or reckless indifference" and owe the plaintiff nothing beyond … [Read more...] about Court To Decide On Damages From Diocese
Case of One Predator Priest Sparks Worst Year In History of American Roman Catholic Church
Scandals Drawn Attention Over Predator Priest. Other scandals had drawn national attention over the years: a pedophile priest in Louisiana, one in New England, another in Dallas. But none of those cases, or hundreds of others in the past two decades, threatened to destroy the moral authority of the Roman Catholic Church in America … [Read more...] about Case of One Predator Priest Sparks Worst Year In History of American Roman Catholic Church
