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March 6, 2019

Mexican bishops present five objectives for action on clergy abuse

A priest in Mexico City celebrates Mass Jan. 11, 2018. The Mexican bishops' conference presented an action plan March 5 for preventing minors from sexual abuse by clergy and pastoral agents; it also addressed the cases of abuse that have occurred.
MEXICO CITY – The Mexican bishops' conference has presented an action plan for protecting minors from sexual abuse by clergy and pastoral agents.
Published in International
August 15, 2018

Catholics express worry, disbelief, anger at new sex abuse revelations in U.S.

Boston Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley and Deacon Bernie Nojadera, executive director of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Child and Youth Protection, are pictured during the 2017 Catholic convocation in Orlando, Fla. In an Aug. 13 interview, Deacon Nojadera said he and his staff at the secretariat are receiving calls from people concerned about the current abuse crisis in the church. "Our fist job," he said, "is to listen, to be empathetic."
WASHINGTON – After the first allegations of abuse against Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick were publicized in mid-June, employees at the U.S. bishops' conference headquarters in Washington were bracing for calls from Catholics confused, outraged or anything in between regarding the emerging scandal.
Published in International
June 13, 2018

Vatican team returns to Chile to 'ask forgiveness' for clergy sex abuse, cover-ups

Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta speaks during a press conference accompanied in Santiago, Chile, June 12. He is accompanied by Father Jordi Bertomeu Farnos, right, an official of the Vatican's doctrinal congregation.
VATICAN – Arriving on his second visit to Chile, Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta said his mission to the country is a sign of Pope Francis' closeness to the local church following devastating reports of sexual abuse and cover-ups by members of the clergy.
Published in International
December 4, 2017

Innu women testify that Oblate missionary inappropriately touched them

Father Joveneau was a prominent religious leader among the Innu people and was held in high regard in the community. The revelations of alleged abuse came during five days of hearings that ended Dec. 1 by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls regarding events in the Cote-Nord region in eastern Quebec.
MONTREAL – Oblate Father Alexis Joveneau was said to have inappropriately touched women and girls in the Innu community in Quebec where he ministered from 1953 until his death in 1992.
Published in Canada