Tag: Clerical abuse
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New Orleans abuse victims get a multi-million dollar payout from the Catholic Church
Please subscribe and get a FREE copy of Atheist Limericks & Cartoons! Click this link to help me keep The Angry Atheist active with a donation. THE New Orleans Archdiocese yesterday (Monday) agreed to a $230 million proposed settlement for survivors of clergy sexual abuse, after lawyers for those who had been abused for decades…
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Abusive RCC priests were purposely placed among people of colour as victims were unlikely to complain
THE first in-depth study into clergy sexual abuse within African American communities—carrried out by an openly gay Catholic priest, Fr. Bryan Massingale, above—indicates that racism was a major factor in the Catholic Church’s handling of paedophile priests. In an in-depth report, the National Catholic Reporter quoted Massingale, a theologian at Fordham University in New York,…
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Former New Orleans Catholic priest, 91, faces charges of historic sex abuse
CHARGES brought against Lawrence Hecker, above, by a Louisiana grand jury include one that alleges that, in 1975, he choked a teen unconscious under the guise of performing a wrestling move and then sexually assaulted him. Hecker, acccording to Religion News Service, faces felony counts of rape, kidnapping, aggravated crime against nature and theft. It…
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Evangelical leaders praised U.K. celebrity preacher after he was exposed as an abuser of young men
AFTER Mike Pilavachi, above, former associate pastor at Soul Survivor Church in Watform, resigned in disgrace earlier this year, global evangelical leaders sent him messages of praise and support. An investigation by The Telegraph revealed how Pilavachi allegedly encouraged a “conveyor belt” of young, attractive men—many of whom were vulnerable and had difficult childhoods—to receive…
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Abuse survivor speaks out after former Catholic cardinal is found not competent to stand trial for abuse
JAMES Grein, 64, abused for years from the age of 11 by Theodore McCarrick, inset above, has accused McCarrick’s legal team of “coaching” the former prelate for psychiatric assessments that culminated in abuse charges being dropped against him. Yesterday (Wedneday) a state district judge ruled that McCarrick, 93, was not competent to stand trial on…
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Catholic dioceses of Illinois publicly listed 103 substantiated child sex abusers. The actual number was 451!
BEFORE an investigation began in 2018 into child sex abuse allegations and the public disclosure of substantiated child sex abusers, six Catholic dioceses listed only 103 substantiated abusers. But a report just released by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, above, reveals that 451 Catholic clerics and religious brothers abused at least 1,997 children across all…
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Street artist protests the €161-million cost of World Youth Day in Lisbon with an enormous banknote carpet
PORTUGAL’S famed street artist, Bordalo II, broke into the grounds of an altar/stage created for WYD 2023, saying in a Facebook post “in a secular state, at a time when many people are fighting to keep their homes, their work and their dignity, millions of public funds have been invested to sponsor the tour of…
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With an abuse case pending against dead Pope Ratzinger, relatives say no to his money
IN January this year it was reported that a court case in Germany against the late Pope Benedict XVI will continue in spite of his death. He was accused of covering up sexual abuse committed by a priest during his time as Archbishop of Munich and Freising. The case, according to Religion News Service, raises…
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Bolivian priest’s nephew discovered that he kept a diary, detailing sexual abuse of ‘at least’ 85 minors
JESUIT priest, Alfonso Pedrajas, above, was exposed as a serial abuser by Spanish newspaper El País back in 2018 when it ran an expose headlined “The Diary of a Paedohile Priest.” Its report was gleaned from information discovered on Pedrajas’ computer after the Bolivian-based priest’s death in 2009. But in a new development El País…
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Top UK cleric suspended from active ministry over the way he handled abuse claim
JOHN Sentamu, former Archbishop of York and a member of the House of Lords, has reacted with anger to his suspension, claiming that “safeguarding is very important but it does not trump Church Law.” The suspension of the “arrogant bully” is centred on Sentamu’s mishandling of a rape allegation made against Anglican priest Trevor Devamanikkam. Devamanikkam,…
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