Priest picked by Pope Francis as sex crimes prosecutor failed to report abuse complaints: report

BOSTON — An American priest named by Pope Francis as the Vatican’s sex crimes prosecutor in September was among church officials who failed to report an abusive priest to law enforcement before the now-jailed and defrocked man committed other acts of sexual abuse, according to legal documents reviewed by The Boston Globe.
The Rev. Robert Geisinger, the second-highest-ranking leader of the Chicago Jesuits in the 1990s, knew as early as 1995 about abuse complaints against the Rev. Donald McGuire, and he advised church officials as late as August 2002 on how to discipline McGuire, the Globe reported in Sunday editions. The newspaper cited legal documents including church records produced during lawsuits by McGuire’s victims.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/pope-francis-sex-crimes-prosecutor-helped-hide-abuse-article-1.2021350 

Church revealed for all its 'hypocrisy and self-interest, says Australian abuse council head

Francis Sullivan, the chief executive of the Truth, Justice and Healing Council that was set up to coordinate the Catholic Church’s response to the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse, has said the Church “has scandalised the faithful and those who rely on it as a moral compass and prudent guide”.
He made the statement in his regular blog, after speaking to the Australian bishops' plenary meeting in Sydney last week. The Royal Commission’s final report, to be delivered on 15 December, will make recommendations that aim to support and inform the Australian government, institutions and the general public in preventing and responding to child sexual abuse in institutional contexts.

http://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/8194/0/church-revealed-for-all-its-hypocrisy-and-self-interest-says-australian-abuse-council-head 

Psychotic gun-wielding priest had free rein to abuse children and torture animals for years

The former Melbourne Catholic Archbishop has been heavily criticised for failing to act on allegations of rape, sexual misconduct and animal torture against priests in order to protect the Church from scandal, an inquiry has found.
Archbishop Thomas Francis Little, who headed the Archdiocese from 1974 to 1996, was found to have dismissed or ignored serious allegations against a number of priests, even moving some alleged abusers to other parishes where they continued to offend.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/psychotic-gun-wielding-priest-had-free-rein-abuse-children-torture-animals-years-1650188 

Melbourne Archbishop knew about ‘litany’ of child abuse and did nothing

And Still today the catholc church nuns and priest... DO NOTHING...  Ann

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A DAMNING new report reveals how this Archbishop protected a gun-toting Catholic priest at the cost of the children he and others continued to abuse.  A FORMER Melbourne archbishop repeatedly did nothing about a gun-toting priest and others who abused children as he sought to protect the Catholic Church from scandal, an inquiry has found.

Archbishop Frank Little led a culture of secrecy in the Melbourne archdiocese designed to hide child abuse complaints against several priests and protect the church’s reputation, the child abuse royal commission concluded.

http://www.news.com.au/national/crime/melbourne-archbishop-knew-about-litany-of-child-abuse-and-did-nothing/news-story/2c9836ba3884afb8c506222b7f64b38b 

St Patrick’s College wipes Archbishop Frank Little from records

FORMER Melbourne Archbishop Frank Little will be wiped from the records of his former college in the fallout of the child abuse royal commission’s report into the Melbourne Archdiocese.

The commission was scathing of Archbishop Little for his handling of abuse complaints saying he developed a damaging “culture of secrecy” that enabled further abuse.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/st-patricks-college-wipes-archbishop-frank-little-from-records/news-story/26a629a3fda0c4cd5579b4dd9a57a29b 

Catholic Brother could have abused boys at Ararat camp: Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse

Former Christian Brother Edward Dowlan in 1994. Photo: G. Ampt   A report from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has detailed allegations that a former Christian Brother abused several boys at a 1970s camping trip outside Ararat.

The commission’s report, released on Wednesday, referred to documents from Catholic Church Insurance loss adjustor J.E. O’Connor.  Mr O’Connor collated evidence in 1997 on offending by former Christian Brother Ted Downlan, also known as Ted Bales.

http://www.stawelltimes.com.au/story/5103833/royal-commission-boys-could-have-been-abused-at-ararat-camp/?cs=356 

Defense Motions For A Mistrial In John Feit Murder Trial, Judge To Rule Wednesday Morning

OMG what a shock and I thought that I knew it all... about the coverups... by the catholic church priest and nuns.... Us Victims, Survivors still have our truth out there... being told to the world... by the every people who have stood by us from day one... Thomas Doyle... Richard Sipe and many more nuns and priest... who took the path Jesus had taken for his children... many many years ago 2017... I thank you all... because you have given us HOPE and strength to carry on into the next day...  Ann

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Defense attorneys have filed a motion for a mistrial in the murder trial of former McAllen priest John Feit, claiming a prosecution witness violated an agreement to not mention the polygraph tests given to the defendant.
The polygraph mention came Tuesday afternoon as prosecutors were questioning Richard Sipe, a former monk who has written books about sexual abuse among Catholic priests. Judge Luis Singleterry dismissed the jury early and said he will rule on the mistrial motion prior to the start of the trial Wednesday morning.

http://www.kurv.com/defense-motions-for-a-mistrial-in-john-feit-murder-trial-judge-to-rule-wednesday-morning/ 

Royal Commission finds abuse of children a ‘catastrophic institutional failure’ of the Catholic Church

Among the worst of it was a letter. It was dated August 20, 1984. The Archbishop of Melbourne at the time, Frank Little, whose role would later be succeeded by the ambitious George Pell, wrote telling parishioners that he would not be investigating allegations of abuse by a priest as requested. He felt it was “improper”. It was down to them to approach the priest, Father Peter Searson. The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has issued a damning final report into “case study 35” on the Archdiocese of Melbourne exposing the culture of secrecy and failures.

http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2017/12/05/damning-report-archbishop-frank-little/ 

Teen held captive, tortured dismissed by police as runaway case, MMIWG inquiry hears

The adoptive mother of an Innu teenager who was kidnapped, held captive and savagely tortured for weeks in 2011 said police never supported her in her search, dismissing her daughter's disappearance as a runaway case.

Maria, whose real name cannot be published because her adopted daughter, now 22, was still a minor in 2011, recounted the anguish she endured in her testimony Thursday, the fourth day of Quebec hearings of the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) in Mani-Utenam, near Sept-Îles.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/families-share-more-stories-loss-120000943.html 

Priests at Ampleforth physically and sexually abused children as young as six, national inquiry into child abuse told

'I think it's very sad that something like this could have happened, because there was so much focus on bureaucracy the real issues were missed'  Priests at Ampleforth College physically and sexually abused children as young as six, the national inquiry into child abuse has heard.

On the third day of a three-week hearing on the English Benedictine Congregation as part of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), former pupils at the fee-paying Catholic school and its junior school in North Yorkshire gave evidence, and written statements by other former pupils were read.

http://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/8178/0/priests-at-ampleforth-physically-and-sexually-abused-children-as-young-as-six-national-inquiry-into-child-abuse-told 

She was abused into having an abortion. Now Anne Sherston is changing the lives of other abuse survivors

SEVENTEEN abuse survivors are sitting in a room in Hobart as a Catholic priest guides them through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. For several days the survivors have unpatched hidden wounds caused by traumatic abuse experiences in their childhood or adult life.

There are a number of people who were sexually abused by clergy, others were the victims of horrific violence, and still more were violated by their own families. They all long for one thing – to be healed.

http://catholicleader.com.au/analysis/closer-deeper/she-was-abused-into-having-an-abortion-now-anne-sherston-is-changing-the-lives-of-other-abuse-survivors 

Judge limits defendants' disclosure of clergy sex abuse accusers' identities

U.S. District Court Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood ordered attorneys for the defendants in dozens of clergy sex abuse lawsuits to limit their disclosure of the true names of accusers who are identified only by their initials in court documents.

In a Nov. 30 blanket order in at least 101 clergy sex abuse cases, the chief judge said defendants' attorneys shall not disclose plaintiffs' true names "until that person has certified in writing that the person is either an insurer or an investigator for the defendants or their counsel and further assures that the true names shall not be disclosed to any other person."

http://www.guampdn.com/story/news/2017/12/04/judge-limits-defendants-disclosure-clergy-sex-abuse-accusers-identities/915679001/ 

Maryville College sociology professor sees impact of culture in recent sexual harassment revelations

Over the past two months, dozens of men in powerful positions in entertainment and politics have faced public allegations of sexual misconduct.

The conduct isn’t new, but the response is. “This has been going on for literally centuries,” said Dr. Tricia Bruce, an associate professor of sociology at Maryville College.

http://www.thedailytimes.com/news/maryville-college-sociology-professor-sees-impact-of-culture-in-recent/article_65d7a5e5-7c09-55fc-8389-9759809bd1e6.html