The Secret Results Of Vermont’s Investigation Into Sex Abuse By Priests

In the wake of a recent BuzzFeed News investigation that revealed widespread abuse of children at a Catholic orphanage in Vermont, the state’s attorney general convened a task force last month to investigate, pledging to stand up for the victims of abuse. But that office undertook a previous investigation into the abuse of Vermont children by Catholic clergy, in 2002, the results of which were never released.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrismcdaniel/the-secrets-of-vermonts-investigation-into-sex-abuse-by?ref=hpsplash 

Where’s my baby? How Canada confronted the scandal of forced adoption

And we the stolen babies need answers... and the love of our mother’s which was stolen from us... by the Catholic Church... WITHOUT A MOTHERS LOVE A CHILD’S SOUL DOES NOT GROW... Ann ================================================ 

Between 1945 and 1975, hundreds of thousands of unmarried Canadian women were forced to give up their children to adoptive parents. Andrew Buncombe talks to victims of this bleak chapter and asks why the Trudeau government refuses to apologise. It had been 50 years since Sandra Jarvie was told to sign a form consenting to give up her newborn baby. Yet when she tried to talk about it, all those decades later, her voice faltered, and her words were almost trapped. “I was totally numb. My baby was gone,” she says. “The social worker stood in front of me. Coldly, she said: ‘You will never see your baby again as long as you live. If you search for the baby, you’ll destroy his life and the lives of the adoptive parents.’”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/canada-forced-adoption-scandal-baby-justin-trudeau-children-mothers-apologise-a8535061.html 

Child-sex abuse survivors and allies celebrate a victory in Pa. State House

If they needed a reminder, members of the Pennsylvania state Senate learned Monday night they are wearing a legislative bull's-eye for those intent on giving victims of child sexual abuse more pathways to justice this fall. That's where the battle over the proposed creation of a temporary, two-year window allowing abuse survivors who are otherwise time-barred from bringing a lawsuit against their perpetrators hangs in the balance. The measure - endorsed by the grand jury that issued this summer's scathing report documenting abuses and cover-ups within six Pennsylvania dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church - cruised to an easy first-round win in the state House of Representatives Monday.

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2018/09/survivors_and_allies_celebrate.html 

See Anything, Say Something?

The pros and cons of ‘mandated reporting.’ In Catholic parishes around the world, at elite private schools such as Phillips Exeter Academy and St. George’s School, and in institutions such as the U.S. Olympic Committee, people who knew about longstanding sexual abuse of children and teenagers ignored it or covered it up. A rash of “good people” did nothing, and evil prevailed. One way to try to prevent this from happening in the future is to legally require that employees of any child-serving organization report their suspicions about abuse to authorities. Most states already mandate that people in certain professions—doctors, members of law enforcement, public school teachers, and social workers, for instance—report suspected abuse or neglect. But everyone else, while encouraged to tell the authorities if they believe a child is being harmed, is not required on pain of punishment to do so.

https://www.weeklystandard.com/naomi-schaefer-riley/see-anything-say-something 

Pope: Priestly abuse scandals driving Catholic faithful away

ope Francis conceded Tuesday that priestly sex abuse scandals are outraging the Catholic faithful and driving them away, and said the church must change its ways if it wants to keep future generations. Francis referred directly to the crisis convulsing his papacy on the fourth and final day of his Baltic pilgrimage, which coincided with the release of a devastating new report into decades of sex abuse and cover-ups in Germany.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12131625 

Survivor group asks for deeper investigation of priests

Survivors of sexual abuse by priests and their supporters delivered a letter to Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday, asking him to command Attorney General Josh Hawley to conduct a criminal investigation — and authorize him to use subpoena power in investigations — of alleged sexual abuse by Catholic Church officials in Missouri. Members of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) said they wanted the governor to add teeth to an investigation Hawley began late last month.

http://www.newstribune.com/news/local/story/2018/sep/27/survivor-group-asks-deeper-investigation-priests/745284/ 

What Do the Cases Involving Bill Cosby, Clergy Sex Abuse, and Brett Kavanaugh Have in Common?

What Do the Cases Involving Bill Cosby, Clergy Sex Abuse, and Brett Kavanaugh Have in Common? Powerful Men Who Think Themselves Powerful Enough to Make Credible Accusations Disappear, But They Are Wrong. In the same week, Bill Cosby was sentenced and labeled a sex offender for drugging Andrea Constand and sexually assaulting her; Pennsylvania House members passed by overwhelming margins a strong bill for statutes of limitations reform for child sex abuse victims in response to Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s monumental grand jury report on six Catholic dioceses detailing craven abuse and callous cover-up going back 70 years; and the third woman emerged with accusations against Brett Kavanaugh for drunken sexual misconduct, including gang rape. In sum, there was a conviction of a sexual perpetrator, legal reform for sex assault victims, and more allegations from sexual assault victims.

https://verdict.justia.com/2018/09/27/what-do-the-cases-involving-bill-cosby-clergy-sex-abuse-and-brett-kavanaugh-have-in-common 

Cardinal linked to gay Vatican orgy urged leniency for sex abusers: German journalist

enjamin Leven, a German theologian and editor, relates in a new essay how, according to his Vatican sources, it was Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio who at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) promoted the attitude of a lenient approach toward priests who have committed crimes of sexual abuse. Coccopalmerio is also said to have put a word in for child abuser Don Mauro Inzoli. Pope Francis lifted sanctions from the defrocked Inzoli in 2014, returning his priestly faculties.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/influential-vatican-cardinal-close-to-francis-promoted-leniency-toward-abus 

A deep-rooted antidote to scandal-mania

A little girl, excitedly anticipating her first Communion, meets with the parish priest. As he quizzes her about the meaning of the sacrament, her little mind gets tongue-tied on the word “Eucharist,” and shy thing that she is, she blushes and drops her eyes to the floor. Then Father says to her, “Come, sit in my lap …” This precious soul is forced to receive her first Communion from the very priest that abused her two days earlier. She goes through the motions, but she is numb, frozen in fear, having literally been robbed of a robust and meaningful relationship with her spiritual father, her body, her sexuality and, most devastating of all, the Blessed Sacrament.

http://thecatholicspirit.com/commentary/your-heart-his-home/a-deep-rooted-antidote-to-scandal-mania/ 

His priest molested him as a kid. The Bishop told him to ask for forgiveness when he reported it.

An Indiana man has sued, alleging his former priest sexually abused him as a boy and the church hierarchy covered it up. The man, known as John Doe 1 in court papers, claims that Father James Grear molested him at a Catholic youth rally in 1982. The lawsuit names Grear, the church, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette as defendants. The lawsuit alleges that after the rally, Doe returned to his rural home in another county and attended confession in his home church. Lafayette Bishop Raymond Gallagher was hearing confessions that day.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/09/priest-molested-kid-bishop-told-ask-forgiveness-reported/ 

SNAP Wants Governor to order Hawley to Question Catholic Church Officials Under Oath

An organization that provides support for victims of clergy abuse called on Missouri’s governor on Wednesday to order Attorney General Josh Hawley (R) to use subpoenas during his clergy sex abuse investigation. St. Louis volunteer SNAP director David Clohessy prepares for a news conference on September 26, 2018 in Jefferson City (Brian Hauswirth photo) The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, which is known as SNAP, held a Wednesday news conference outside the Statehouse in Jefferson City.

https://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/snap-wants-governor-to-order-hawley-to-question-catholic-church-officials-under-oath/1479080404 

A ‘Circle Of Secrecy’ To Save Christian Priests Committing Sexual Abuse

Though sexual abuse of nuns or church goers has come out in the open only recently in India, there is no denying the fact that this has been occurring for ages. Only now the abuses are slowly being reported. The problem is the cover-up that happens from within the institution. Over the last few months, reports of sexual abuse by church authorities, particularly from Kerala, have been hogging headlines. One case that drew nation-wide attention was the alleged rape of a nun at a convent near Kottayam in Kerala by Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Missionaries of Jesus, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Jalandhar Roman Catholic church.

https://swarajyamag.com/culture/a-circle-of-secrecy-to-save-christian-priests-committing-sexual-abuse