Co-defendant testifies against church minister charged with beating gay former congregant

One of the five people charged with trying to beat “homosexual demons” out of a fellow church member incriminated herself on the stand and admitted to throwing out the first blow in the attack.
Despite her attorney’s objections, Sarah Anderson, 30, testified that she told other leaders at Word of Faith Fellowship that Matthew Fenner had experienced “some kind of sexual sin or thought.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/co-defendant-testifies-word-faith-minister-article-1.3218230

Mother and son reunite

Mother and son reunite — almost 50 years after she says an Omaha priest forced her to give up her baby.  Her hands trembled as she held the letter. “Hello,” the note began. “I apologize for sending this to your office — it’s the only address I found.”
Her body shook as she read the next words in a message she’d awaited for decades and wondered if she’d ever receive: “I’m the person you were looking for.” Kathleen Chafin cried at her desk on that April day two years ago. As co-workers came to her side, she assured them she brimmed with joy, not sadness.

http://www.omaha.com/living/mother-and-son-reunite-almost-years-after-she-says-an/article_91d6c164-8063-55a3-bc1e-2911182205ac.html 

Bill Donohue, Catholic League Head Loser, Trashes Famed OC Catholic Sex-Abuse Survivor

Bill Donohue, for those of you who aren't mackerel snappers, is the Roger Ailes of the Catholic Church: a big, fat CHAVALA who depends on the elderly to fund his comfy lifestyle and be able to trash good people for a living. He's the head of the Catholic League, which is as relevant to modern-day Catholics as the rhythm method yet still gets play in conservative media. We've featured Donohue's whining before—like when he tried to accuse me of targeting only Catholic pedophiles instead of ALL pedophiles, or when he inadvertently defended Eleuterio Ramos, OC's worst-ever pedophile priest, a guy who admitted to molesting "at least" 25 boys.

http://www.ocweekly.com/news/bill-donohue-catholic-league-head-loser-trashes-famed-oc-catholic-sex-abuse-survivor-8131446 

Reported child abuse continues to rise in UK Catholic Church

Reported incidents of child abuse in the UK Catholic Church continue to rise, a new report today reveals. The small increase of just two per cent comes as the Church seeks to overhaul its safeguarding approach ahead of a national inquiry into institutions' responses to child sex abuse.
But it emerged some religious orders have still not signed up to the National Catholic Safeguarding Commission's guidance, notwithstanding mass resources dedicated to establishing a telephone helpline and trained safeguarding officers in each parish.

https://www.christiantoday.com/article/reported.child.abuse.continues.to.rise.in.uk.catholic.church/109496.htm 

Minister welcomes ‘historic decision’ by nuns to end role in maternity hospital

I would not believe a word told about the nuns here... they will just put the hospital under another name... their lies cover every evil deed they do... it is the money they are interested in... not the sick people... or for caring for the mothers and babies... gosh so many of us men and women today... remember the many years of torture... in their so called care... 25 years I had with nuns abusing me... and my story is one story of many worldwide... Ann 

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Minister for Health Simon Harris has welcomed the decision by the Sisters of Charity to end their involvement in St Vincent’s Hospital and the planned new national maternity hospital.

Mr Harris described the announcement by the nuns as “a very significant development” for healthcare and added that the timing of “this historic decision” was very welcome.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/minister-welcomes-historic-decision-by-nuns-to-end-role-in-maternity-hospital-1.3100059?mode=amp#.WSvngEbwPXk.facebook 

Woman abused in church-run home returns to where she was 'truly happy'

A victim of historic child abuse at a Catholic Church children's home is to make an emotional return to her hometown in a bid to trace her long lost family.
Kate Walmsley, 60, was seven years old when she was taken from her home in Glasgow and placed in the care of the Sisters of Nazareth in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, following the break-up of her parents' marriage. While there she was regularly sexually assaulted by a priest and beaten by the nuns.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/woman-abused-in-churchrun-home-returns-to-where-she-was-truly-happy-35766060.html 

Victim of child abuse at infamous children's home returns to Scotland for vigil

Historic abuse survivor Kate Walmsley fought back tears as she told of the heartbreaking moment she was ripped from Scotland more than 50 years ago.
The mother of two was shipped from her home in Glasgow to the “giant doors” of an infamous children’s home in Derry, Northern Ireland, aged eight.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/victim-child-abuse-infamous-childrens-10524570 

Catholic Group Involved in Major Abuse Scandal Gives Up Role in Irish Maternity Hospital

For much of the 20th century, the “Magdalene Laundries” in Ireland, run in part by the Religious Sisters of Charity, were a horror show where young women were beaten, psychologically abused, and used as slave labor. It wasn’t until 2013, after a report detailing these crimes was released, that the Catholic Church groups and the Irish government apologized for their roles in letting this happen.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/05/30/catholic-group-involved-in-major-abuse-scandal-gives-up-role-in-irish-maternity-hospital/ 

AHPRA probes Catholic nun Lydia Allen over psychology credentials

A federal health watchdog is investigating a Catholic nun who has practised as a psychologist assessing candidates for the priesthood in Sydney for the past eight years despite allegedly being unregistered.
Sister Lydia Allen, who told a royal commission she conducts psychological assessments at the Seminary of the Good Shepherd in Homebush, is under investigation by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency which oversees the registration of health professionals.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/ahpra-probes-catholic-nun-lydia-allen-over-psychology-credentials-20170529-gwfpsg.html 

Religious groups apologise to Scottish child abuse survivors

The abuse of children in care has been described as a source of “overwhelming shame” and “profound regret” as organisations including the Catholic Church and Church of Scotland offered their apologies to survivors.
 A number of religious orders and care providers used the first public hearing of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry to put on record their remorse for physical and sexual abuse dating back decades.

http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/religious-groups-apologise-to-scottish-child-abuse-survivors-1-4462304 

Sisters of Charity: Nuns end involvement in maternity hospital

An order of nuns has said it will have "no involvement" in a new Irish maternity hospital on land it controls. The move follows controversy over plans for a new National Maternity Hospital in Dublin.
In a statement on Monday, the Sisters of Charity said it would transfer ownership to a new charity. It includes three hospitals: St Vincent's University Hospital, St Vincent's Private Hospital and St Michael's Hospital, Dún Laoghaire.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40084300 

Church apology as abuse inquiry begins

The Catholic Church and Church of Scotland have offered apologies for the abuse of children in care at the first hearing of the national child abuse inquiry in Edinburgh today. 

The Inquiry is being headed by Lady Smith  who said it was a ‘tragedy’ many survivors had died without accountability for what happened to them, including a leading campaigner who died just weeks ago.

http://www.sconews.co.uk/news/53226/church-apology-as-abuse-inquiry-begins/