Will Ratzinger's past trump Benedict's present? (National Catholic Reporter)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:17:23 GMT
Gino Burresi may sound like the name of a shortstop from the '50s, but among Vatican insiders, it marks a watershed in the sexual abuse crisis.
Church Scandal Widens - Pope Remains Silent As Abuse Allegations Hit Close To Home (Free Internet Press)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:44:32 GMT
Allegations of sexual abuse in the German Catholic Church continue to surface. Questions have been raised about what Pope Benedict XVI may have known about specific incidents of abuse and his brother, Georg Ratzinger, is also under fire. The pope, however, has so far remained silent.
Abuse scandal may be Pope Benedict's defining moment (Times Online)
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:55:49 GMT
When Cardinal Sean Brady, the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, met journalists in Rome after a two day carpeting by Pope Benedict XVI of Ireland’s bishops over sex abuse scandals last month, he appeared contrite. "There have been failures in our leadership," he told us.
German Catholic schools at center of abuse scandal (Baxter Bulletin)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:14:33 GMT
BERLIN (AP) — In the home country of Pope Benedict XVI, new revelations of child abuse by Roman Catholic priests at German high schools are surfacing almost daily.
Pope's brother apologizes to abuse victims (National Catholic Reporter)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:32:33 GMT
[Editor's Note: Some readers may find description in eighth paragraph offensive.] The brother of Pope Benedict XVI apologized to child victims of sexual abuse at his former school even though he said he was unaware of the alleged incidents.
Pope's brother apologizes to abuse victims at his former school (Catholic News Service)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:15:56 GMT
WARSAW, Poland (CNS) -- The brother of Pope Benedict XVI apologized to child victims of sexual abuse at his former school even though he said he was unaware of the alleged incidents.
Vatican secrecy ‘let German school abusers go unpunished’ (Times Online)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:56:09 GMT
Germany has blamed a “wall of silence” created by the Vatican for hampering investigations into decades of abuse of schoolchildren by Catholic clergy.
German Catholic schools at center of abuse scandal (The Bryan-College Station Eagle)
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:22:00 GMT
BERLIN -- In the home country of Pope Benedict XVI, new revelations of child abuse by Roman Catholic priests at German high schools are surfacing almost daily.The Catholic church in Germany -- where around 30 percent of people consider themselves Cat ...
Abusive Roman Catholic priests plague Germany (The Alexandria Town Talk)
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:51:13 GMT
BERLIN -- In the home country of Pope Benedict XVI, revelations of child abuse by Roman Catholic priests at German high schools are surfacing almost daily.
German Catholic schools at center of abuse scandal (The Register-Guard)
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:30:56 GMT
BERLIN — In the home country of Pope Benedict XVI, new revelations of child abuse by Roman Catholic priests at German high schools are surfacing almost daily. The Catholic church in Germany — where around 30 percent of people consider themselves Catholic — has apologized for the incidents, but already …
