Pope tries to stem tide of sex abuse allegations (Independent)
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:11:10 GMT
Pope Benedict XVI will today make a desperate attempt to draw a line under the Catholic Church's sex-abuse scandal with the publication of a long-awaited pastoral letter demanding that urgent steps be taken to bring the crisis to an end.
Church in trouble (BBC News)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:08:01 GMT
Sex abuse scandals involving the Catholic Church
German anger over abuse prompts Vatican response (The Hindu)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:09:13 GMT
Paris: Faced with growing anger in Germany over the Church's continued silence over allegations of child sex abuse by paedophile priests, the Vatican reacted on Monday for the first time, saying Pope Benedict XVI will speak with a “clear and decisive voice” when he issues a pontifical letter later this week.
Vienna Boys Choir admits possible sexual abuses (New York Daily News)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:29:00 GMT
The Vienna Boys' Choir said on Friday it was possible that members of the historic vocal ensemble were sexually abused by supervisors in the past.
Vienna Boys Choir admits possible sexual abuses (The Malaysian Insider)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:32:31 GMT
VIENNA, March 12 — The Vienna Boys’ Choir said today it was possible that members of the historic vocal ensemble were sexually abused by supervisors in the past. The choir’s statement followed complaints in an Austrian newspaper by two now grown-up former members and appeared to widen a sexual misconduct scandal in Austria that also included child abuse by Catholic priests. The Vienna Boys ...
Austria's Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal widens with man saying he was abused by nun (Sun-Sentinel)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:24:46 GMT
VIENNA (AP) — A man says he was abused by a nun while a child — the first such accusation amid widening allegations of sexual misdeeds leveled against Austria's Roman Catholic church.
Man says he was abused by nun (AP via Yahoo! News)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:10:05 GMT
A man says he was abused by a nun while a child — the first such accusation amid widening allegations of sexual misdeeds leveled against Austria's Roman Catholic church.
Austria: Clergy sex abusers fired (News 24 South Africa)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:26:05 GMT
Three ministers from a monastery in northern Austria have been dismissed after they were accused of sexually and physically abusing pupils in the 1980s.
Report: Ex-Vienna choir boys say they were abused (AP via Yahoo! News)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:03:24 GMT
Two former members of the famed Vienna Boys' Choir say they were sexually abused by their supervisors, a top Austrian newspaper reported Thursday, as allegations of misconduct against children in Austria spread beyond the Roman Catholic Church.
Cases confirmed in Austria (Gulf Times)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:03:03 GMT
Cases of sexual and physical abuse by Catholic clergymen surfaced in Austria yesterday, as the boarding school of Mehrerau abbey confirmed anonymous accusations and a Salzburg abbot admitted to being a molester.
