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Apr 6, 2023 · The Catholic Church is again at the center of a decades-long child sex abuse scandal, this time in Maryland. The church has been embroiled in child sex abuse scandals for more than two decades ...
Main articles: Catholic Church sexual abuse cases by country § Germany, and Catholic sexual abuse scandal in Europe § Germany. In September 2018, a report by the German Catholic Church found that 3,677 children in Germany, mostly 13 or younger, had been sexually abused by Catholic clergy between 1946 and 2014. [212]
Oct 5, 2021 · A Church-commissioned report in 2004 said more than 4,000 US Roman Catholic priests had faced sexual abuse allegations in the last 50 years, in cases involving more than 10,000 children - mostly boys.
In July 2003 the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville paid $25.7 million to "settle child sexual-abuse allegations made in 240 lawsuits naming 34 priests and other church workers." [8] In 2003 the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston also settled a large case for $85 million with 552 alleged victims.
Jan 30, 2023 · In October 2018 the Spanish newspaper El País launched the first investigation into sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. At the time, only 34 victims had been registered. Three years later it opened a comprehensive database that counted more than 1700 survivors of abuse. Julio Nuñes, a journalist with El País told Euronews "The main driver ...
Nov 25, 2020 · Even when the faithful don’t believe it, the above statement is still scandalous. The faithful feel betrayed by their shepherd, who should be witnessing to Christ’s truth. This can cause a mistrust of the hierarchy and a disrespect for the priesthood. The Catechism names two more factors that can increase the gravity of scandal.
Jul 28, 2023 · The largest Roman Catholic priest sex abuse settlement thus far in the U.S. happened in July 2007, when the Archdiocese of Los Angeles agreed to pay $660 million to 508 victims. Two months later ...
