A way the church shields sex offenders

I subscribe to the Marshall Project, a criminal justice reporting project. The June 22 "pick of the day's criminal justice news" included this bit:
Lawmakers in New York once again fail to pass legislation that would extend the statute of limitations on childhood sex abuse. The Child Victims Act had deep-pocketed opposition from the Catholic Church and the Boy Scouts of America. The church and the Boy Scouts acted to prevent sex offenses from coming to light. Well, I'm guessing "the Church" here refers to some Catholic bishops, not the whole church. They are protecting priests and troop leaders who have violated children by silencing the accusers. And the bishops (I don't know what the Boy Scouts do) compensate by challenging the behavior of women and girls.

https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/way-church-shields-sex-offenders 

As Anglicans point fingers in sex abuse scandal, George Carey quits honorary role

In a dramatic coda to a dark chapter in the Church of England, former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord George Carey stepped down from an honorary role after a report on child sex abuse accused the church under his leadership of collusion.

Carey resigned after current Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby made the unprecedented decision to ask him to step aside from his post as honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Oxford, a position often given to retired senior clergy.

http://religionnews.com/2017/06/27/as-anglicans-look-for-blame-in-sex-abuse-scandal-george-carey-quits-honorary-role/ 

Letter: Victims of past sexual abuse may get justice

And yet another disgraceful legislative session comes to an end in Albany without action on the Child Victims Act. Even more disgraceful is the fact that our four elected senators George Amedore, John Bonacic, Bill Larkin and James Seward refuse to provide any information on where they stand regarding this important bill. Your article on June 25 entitled “The Fray” does, however, provide a glimmer of hope to those victims of child abuse, regarding a proposed alternative bill which would remove entirely the statute of limitations regarding prosecutions of sexual predators.

http://www.recordonline.com/opinion/20170626/letter-victims-of-past-sexual-abuse-may-get-justice 

Vatican gravely concerned for bishop ‘forcibly removed’ from diocese

The Vatican has expressed “grave concern” for one of its bishops in China, saying he was being held in an unknown location after being “forcibly removed” from his diocese.
Vatican spokesman Greg Burke said the Holy See was “profoundly saddened” by the situation of Peter Shao Zhumin, who he said has been missing for some time from his diocese in Wenzhou in south-eastern China.

http://www.cathnewsusa.com/2017/06/vatican-gravely-concerned-bishop-forcibly-removed-diocese/?newsletter=1 

Cardinal who is third highest figure in Catholic Church is ordered to leave Rome and appear in Australian court over historic claims.

The Pope's finance chief and third most senior cardinal in the Catholic Church has been charged with historic sex offences. In revelations that have rocked the Vatican, Australian Cardinal George Pell has been ordered to to face a court in Melbourne in three weeks.

There is no extradition agreement between the Vatican and Australia, but Cardinal Pell, 76, has already vowed to return to fight the charges. He is the highest-ranking official to be charged in the sex abuse scandal that has dogged the Catholic Church for years.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4649004/Cardinal-George-Pell-summoned-sex-abuse-investigation.html 

British author challenges dubia cardinals, calls abuse of Pope ‘satanic’

Stephen Walford, a British Catholic author, has challenged the four cardinals who submitted doubts about 'Amoris Laetitita' to Pope Francis to change course, arguing they're largely wrong on the merits and also fueling a 'satanic' form of abuse directed at the pontiff on traditionalist and conservative websites and blogs.

 https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2017/06/27/british-author-challenges-dubia-cardinals-calls-abuse-pope-satanic/ 

Pope Francis drops cardinal in charge of handling abuse cases after historical sex offence charges were laid against George Pell.

Pope Francis has dropped the head of the Vatican office that handles sex abuse cases just days after Cardinal George Pell was charged with historical sex offences.

The developments underscore how the Catholic Church's sex abuse crisis has caught up with Francis, threatening to tarnish his legacy over a series of questionable appointments and decisions in his four-year papacy.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4658182/Pope-drops-cardinal-handles-abuse-cases-Pell-charged.html 

Senior Catholic Church officials have rarely faced charges in the sexual abuse of children. Here are a few who did

Unless you have been a victim of childhood sexual abuse it is difficult for people to understand the often life-long impact that it can have. Survivors suffer low self-esteem, guilt, shame and often have mental health problems which can lead to addiction and even suicide.
When that abuse is committed by a priest, it is compounded by the abuse of power as well as being linked to the victim's faith. This often leaves survivors conflicted and more vulnerable to being exploited by church authorities who seem to be prone to forgiving the abusers and blaming the victims.

http://www.independent.co.uk/video/cardinal-george-pell-sex-abuse-catholic-church-vatican-a7815346.html 

Just what the Catholic Church needs: another sex scandal

Sadly, the Roman #Catholic Church is no stranger to scandal, a shadow that has cast an indelible smear across its dwindling charisma in the past 30 years. There was once a time when it was above reproach, no matter the murky doings that went on behind closed doors, but no longer held in the grip of religious fear that kept their parents and grandparents quiet, the younger victims of abuse are opening up.

http://www.newsjs.com/url.php?p=http://uk.blastingnews.com/europe/2017/06/just-what-the-catholic-church-needs-another-sex-scandal-001811607.html 

Conservative Christianity Has Enabled Pedophiles for Untold Decades

Stop me if you've heard this before: A deeply religious man, beloved by his church/community, targets and grooms a young child for sexual abuse. The child tells an adult and they report it to the elders of the church. The church investigates the abuse and then sweeps it all under the rug. The deeply religious man is never reported to the police, the victim is blamed for seducing the man, and the man goes on to molest many other children, leaving a trail of scarred families in his wake.

http://www.newsjs.com/url.php?p=https://thedailybanter.com/2017/06/suffer-the-children/ 

Man robbed of his innocence by nun speaks out decades later about his quest for justice

A man, sexually abused as a child by a nun, kept his anguish secret for most of his life. EMILY SPINK talks to him about his quest for justice.
George* wishes he could have had more children but refused to, believing he could only keep one safe. "I always went on school camps. If [my son] he went to the pool, I did too. We were joined at the hip. I was never going to let anyone near him."

http://www.newsjs.com/url.php?p=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/94184801 

Gough Whitlam and how Australia facilitated a child sexual abuse crisis

GOUGH Whitlam wrote a letter to Pope Benedict XVI in October, 2012, nearly four decades after his government granted formal diplomatic recognition to the Vatican, and only weeks before another Labor prime minister, Julia Gillard, established a royal commission that would expose the extent of child sexual abuse within the Australian Catholic Church.
Diplomatic relations with the Vatican from 1973 was a “memorable and significant initiative” of his government, Whitlam told the Pope. The relationship was one “which has always been maintained with deep mutual respect and consideration”.

http://www.esperanceexpress.com.au/story/4492365/gough-whitlam-and-how-australia-facilitated-a-child-sexual-abuse-crisis/?cs=4092 

The Pope to send Cardinal Pell back to Australia

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