Australia inquiry hears of 50-year cover-up
A special commission examined allegations of the church hindering police investigations and moving priests in a region that has become the epicenter of clergy sex abuse on the continent.
Accountability
Weakland: Milwaukee bishops didn't disclose accused abusers
In the 1980s, Milwaukee archdiocese bishops assumed priests who sexually abused minors could be cured through therapy, said Archboshop Rembert George Weakland.
1993 Weakland deposition caused sex abuse survivors to unite
Publicity surrounding the 1993 release of an earlier deposition of then-Archbishop Rembert George Weakland served as the impetus for survivors of sex abuse to unite, a movement that has dogged the Milwaukee archdiocese for 20 years.
Milwaukee lawyer Robert Elliott questioned Weakland under oath as part of a lawsuit brought by victims of Fr. William J. Effinger, a priest with a history of abuse who was eventually convicted and sent to prison, where he died.
One priest's sex abuse case marked turning point for Milwaukee archdiocese
Archbishop Rembert George Weakland of Milwaukee first heard of sexual abuse allegations related to Fr. William J. Effinger during the summer of 1979.
Fourteen years later, Effinger was charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy in the late 1980s at his home in Sheboygan, Wis. He would eventually end up in prison while close to 10 others would allege the priest abused them as children during his 30-plus years in ministry.
Milwaukee documents show Dolan asked to transfer funds
In a letter to the Congregation for Clergy, Cardinal Timothy Dolan sought permission for a "transfer of assets" to a cemetery fund.
Vatican bank review commission should drop individuals' accounts
Commentary: The latest scandals in the Vatican bank are only one example of what the five-person review group will have to deal with.
Beyond reform: Why not close the Vatican bank?
Commentary: The Vatican bank remains a rich source of material for Italian journalists, conspiracy theorists and anyone else who wants to build a case for Vatican intrigue.
Bishop diagnoses the institutional disease
Book review: Bishop Geoffrey Robinson dares something fundamentally revolutionary in For Christ’s Sake: End Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church ... For Good.
Report illuminates eight decades of Capuchin province's poor handling of sex abuse
For eight decades, leaders of a Capuchin community acted inadequately in responding to sex abuse allegations, concludes an audit released Tuesday.
New group aims to hold bishops accountable
A group calling itself "Catholic Whistleblowers," which plans to keep tabs on the sexual abuse of minors in the church, launched in May.
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