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February 20, 2018

Ex-Chilean seminarian: Meeting with Vatican abuse investigator 'intense', 'hopeful'

Juan Cruz becomes emotional after speaking to reporters Feb. 17 following a meeting with Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, Italy, at the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus in New York City. Pope Francis asked Cardinal Scicluna to investigate allegations that Bishop Juan Barros of Osorno, Chile, covered up allegations of abuse committed by his former mentor, Father Fernando Karadima. Cruz, a victim of Father Karadima's now living in Philadelphia, had written to Pope Francis in 2015 claiming that then-Father Barros was present when some of the abuse took place.
NEW YORK – A former Chilean seminarian who accused a current bishop of abuse cover-up met with a Vatican investigator and said he finally felt he had been heard.
Published in International
February 17, 2018

Pope renews membership of child protection commission

Pope Francis talks with Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston, whom the Pope re-appointed to be president of the commission, which the Pope originally established in 2014.
VATICAN – Pope Francis has named nine new members to the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, including abuse survivors or the parents of survivors, the Vatican said.
Published in International
February 12, 2018

Clients of prostitution are complicit to human trafficking, Pope says

Pope Francis meets at the Vatican Feb. 12 with Italian young people, adults and migrants rescued from human traffickers. The pope responded to the questions five of the young people asked about preventing trafficking and assisting survivors.
VATICAN – Prosperous nations where foreign women are forced into prostitution need to drop their hypocrisy and "face the idea that they are part of the problem, rather than turning away, proclaiming their innocence," Pope Francis said.
Published in International
December 10, 2017

Family Services seeks long-term housing solutions

Beginning Jan. 1, 2018, up to 3,000 women who have survived violence and abuse or endured life in the sex trade will be eligible for provincial rent subsidies.
The money helps, but Ontario’s new initiatives to help victims of domestic abuse and human trafficking still face some hurdles, warns Catholic Family Services of Toronto.
Published in Canada
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