Baptist Church… Southern Baptist Convention grapples with sexual abuse report 24 Feb 201928 Feb 2019 After two newspapers rocked the evangelical Vatican, members who work with victims say much remains to be changed The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), one of the largest Christian organizations in…
Catholic Church… Attorney General Nessel to Catholic Church: Stop self-policing 21 Feb 201928 Feb 2019 Nessel asked the Diocese of Lansing and its counterparts to pause internal reviews as her office investigates clergy abuse. That may take up to two years LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has…
Canada… Ex-Jehovah’s Witness faces new child sexual abuse charges in Mont-Laurier, Que. | CBC News 14 Feb 201928 Feb 2019 A former Jehovah's Witness from Mont-Laurier, Que., is facing new charges of sexually assaulting two girls in his congregation in the 1980s — 23 years after he was acquitted of…
Culture Change… NY Child Victims Act: What new law means for sex abusers, victims 5 Feb 201928 Feb 2019 Legislators said the Child Victims Act will pass as the Catholic Church eases its long-held opposition to the bill. Decade-long battle Survivors of child sexual assault will earn a victory…
Catholic Church… DC attorney general proposes bill to make clergy mandatory reporters 5 Feb 201928 Feb 2019 The bill would extend to a range of positions and professions across church, state, and private insitutions, but provides explicit exemptions for the confessional, and priests would not be required…
Catholic Church… New attorneys general to continue investigating clergy abuse 18 Jan 201928 Feb 2019 Newly inaugurated state attorneys general are promising to continue investigations of clergy abuse in the Roman Catholic church as thousands of victims are reaching out to state hotlines and online…
Catholic Church… Cardinal Timothy Dolan Proves Once Again the Church Will Never Reform Itself without the Law and Civil Society Behind It 18 Jan 201928 Feb 2019 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that the Child Victims Act, for which we have been fighting for 15 years, will pass this year with his full support. With…
International… Utrecht University to investigate sex abuse claims against Jehovah’s Witnesses – DutchNews.nl 14 Jan 201928 Feb 2019 Utrecht University is launching an independent inquiry into sexual abuse by the Jehovah’s Witnesses, in the latest in a series of investigations focused on the church. The university said it…
France… Cardinal on trial in France’s biggest church sex abuse trial 14 Jan 201928 Feb 2019 A Catholic cardinal and five other people went on trial Monday accused of covering up for a pedophile priest who abused Boy Scouts — France's most important church sex abuse…
Legislation… Gov. Cuomo: Child Victims Act to be included in executive budget 12 Jan 201928 Feb 2019 ALBANY, N.Y. (WTEN) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Friday that the Child Victims Act will be included in the 2019 Executive Budget. Gov. Cuomo vows to enact…
Culture Change… Childhood abuse increases risk of adult suicide, finds research 9 Jan 201928 Feb 2019 Largest study of its kind shows ‘devastating’ impact of sexual, physical and emotional abuse People who experienced sexual, physical or emotional abuse as children are two to three times more…
Jehovah's Witnesses… California court upholds $4 million sex abuse judgment against Jehovah’s Witnesses Watchtower organization 7 Jan 201928 Feb 2019 RIVERSIDE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A California appeals court has affirmed a more than $4 million judgment against the nation's leading body of Jehovah's Witnesses in favor of a woman…
International… Vatican hid pedophilia of “Legionaires for Christ” founder for 63 years 3 Jan 201928 Feb 2019 El prefecto de la Congregación para los Institutos de Vida Consagrada, el cardenal João Braz de Aviz, reconoce ahora que el Vaticano tenía desde 1943 documentos sobre la pederastia del…
Canada… Jehovah’s Witnesses defend their treatment of sexual assault cases (original in French) 28 Nov 201828 Feb 2019
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