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US Catholic leaders want greater transparency in the appointment of bishops after the scandal of former cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who rose through the ranks with the approval of Pope John Paul despite repeated sexual misconduct allegations.
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A Vatican court has heard graphic descriptions of sexual abuse as two priests went on trial, one charged with repeatedly raping an altar boy in a youth seminary and the other of covering up the attacks.
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The Vatican has told bishops around the world they should report cases of clergy sex crimes to police even when not legally bound to do so, in its latest effort to compel church leaders to protect minors from predator priests.
Cardinal George Pell knew a priest was moved because he had sexually abused children and should have done more about an “unstable and disturbed” priest in another Victorian parish, a child abuse royal commission found.
Pope Francis tweeted about the persecution of Jesus and those suffering from an “unjust sentence because someone had it in for them” soon after the High Court overturned child sex abuse convictions of former Vatican treasurer, Cardinal George Pell.
Pope Francis, in one of the most significant decisions of his papacy, has dismissed a proposal to allow some married men to be ordained in the Amazon region to ease an acute scarcity of priests.
