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Pope Benedict appoints new bishop to diocese of Cloyne after sex abuse scandal (IrishCentral)

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 05:02:38 PST

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

Rev Canon William Crean, a parish priest in Cahersiveen, has been named as a new bishop for the scandal plagued diocese of Cloyne, County Cork, where the previous bishop for years ignored his church's own rules requiring priests suspected of sex abuse to be reported to police.

Pope Benedict’s top aide blames the devil and the media for leaks scandal (IrishCentral)

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 04:35:12 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

The Pope’s right hand man has blamed the ‘devil and the media’ for the latest Vatican documents scandal.

Yet another Church sexual abuse scandal set to erupt (IrishCentral)

Thu, 10 May 2012 05:19:01 PDT

By: HILDA HIGGINS

The Irish Catholic church is set to be bracing itself for another child abuse scandal concerning the physical and sexual abuse of children at a Cork boarding school.

Enda Kenny calls on Ireland’s Primate Sean Brady to 'reflect' on sex scandal coverup documentary- VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Thu, 03 May 2012 05:57:05 PDT

By: DARA KELLY

The Irish Prime Minister has called on Cardinal Sean Brady to “reflect” on the BBC documentary on Fr Brendan Smyth, which claims that Brady was aware of the sexual abuse suffered by victims.

The Catholic Church blasts contraception - ignores own failings in sexual abuse scandal (IrishCentral)

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:15:29 PST

The Catholic Church V ContraceptionLet's pause in the middle of this clearly manufactured 'controversy' between the White House and some Catholic leaders over the new rule on providing contraception to consider the followingYesterday attorney Jeffrey Anderson revealed at least 8,000 children were sexually abused by over 100 priests and other offenders in the Milwaukee Catholic DioceseAnderson told Judge Susan Kelley that sealed bankruptcy documents gave the true picture of the massive extent of the abuse there He added that the offenders included 75 priests who have not been previously named by the archdiocese READ MORE

Leading Irish Catholic priest ashamed to wear a collar after litany of abuse scandals (IrishCentral)

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 02:42:50 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

Father Aidan Troy says he is devastated by the fact that clerical sex abuse may have led to people committing suicide. Speaking at a suicide prevention conference in Dublin he said he finds it “difficult” to put on his white collar every morning.

Enda Kenny stands by his attack on the Vatican - VIDEO & POLL (IrishCentral)

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:29:19 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

The Taoiseach of Ireland (Prime Minister) Enda Kenny stands by the comments he made on the Vatican, in the Dail (Irish Parliament) following the publication of the Cloyne Report, into the coverup of clerical sexual abuse carried out by the Irish Catholic Church.

Brendan Gleeson confronts Irish Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandal in ‘Calvary’ (IrishCentral)

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:47:07 PDT

By: DARA KELLY

Irish actor Brendan Gleeson will play a Catholic priest who must confront his own community and public revulsion towards the Church after its handling of sex abuse scandals there.

Top Irish breaking news - Casey Anthony, IRA and Catholic Church sex abuse scandal (IrishCentral)

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:59:50 PDT

By: KATE HICKEY

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Church abuse scandal not cause by celibacy says study (IrishCentral)

Fri, 20 May 2011 05:01:59 PDT

By: MOLLY MULDOON

A new study by the U.S. Conference of Bishops argues that neither celibacy nor homosexuality can be blamed for the clerical abuse scandal within the U.S. Catholic Church.

Has Catholic education failed us? (IrishCentral)

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:30:18 PDT

The latest religious news this week is that, according to a survey conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, non-religious Americans know more about religion in general than self-identified Christians Even when corrections were made for disparities in intelligence and education levels, the statistics still bear out (You can test your own knowledge, or just check out the questions, here I got all the answers correct, but only because I had read about some of the questions in various news reports READ MORE

New York Times takes a stand for journalism in Catholic Church sex abuse scandal (IrishCentral)

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:50:15 PDT

Talk about trying to shoot the messenger!The New York Times is being attacked from all sides over its coverage of the sex abuse scanadals in the Catholic ChurchAs Public Editor Clark Hoyt noted Sunday, the Vatican says the Times “lacks fairness," an archbishop of Brooklyn said the paper was using the church as its “personal punching bag” and a columnist in Canada said the paper was publishing "falsehood upon falsehood"Well all I can say is that the newspaper must be doing something rightThe Catholic Church has spent decades, if not centuries, covering up for the crimes of the pedophile priests and and nuns READ MORE

Will filmmaker Michael Moore take on Catholic Church child sex-abuse scandal? (IrishCentral)

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:28:51 PDT

By: KENNETH HAYNES

Will controversial Irish American filmmaker Michael Moore be turning his unforgiving lens on the child sex-abuse scandal roiling the Catholic Church?

Fewer sex abuse payouts in U.S. even as Church scandal widens (IrishCentral)

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:50:23 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

A report commissioned by U.S. bishops states that less money was paid out by the U.S. Roman Catholic Church to clergy abuse victims in 2009 than in any other year since the sex scandal broke out.

Pope asks for unity among Irish bishops on Church child abuse scandal (IrishCentral)

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:30:38 PST

By: DONAL THORNTON

Pope Benedict XVI said that his meeting with the Irish Bishops Conference "would help to unify the bishops and enable them to speak with one voice in identifying concrete steps aimed at bringing healing to those who have been abused."

Irish Catholic Church sex scandal tied to American abuse cases, group charges (IrishCentral)

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:33:48 PST

By: PATRICK ROBERTS

Victims of clergy sex abuse in the United States and a group that tracks pedophile priests are calling on American Roman Catholic leaders and the Irish Government to publicly detail known connections between the clergy abuse scandals in the two countries.

Bishops battling each other in Irish Catholic Church abuse scandal (IrishCentral)

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:37:06 PST

By: PATRICK ROBERTS

Sinead O'Connor rips into Irish Catholic Church again on child-abuse scandal (IrishCentral)

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:21:41 PST

By: KENNETH HAYNES

News / More Irish bishops may be forced to retire by Vatican / Click here

News / Embattled Irish Bishop Donal Murray expected to resign / Click here

News / Irish Bishop under pressure from government minister to resign over church child abuse report / Clck here

Niall O'Dowd column: Ground Zero in Irish Catholic child sex abuse scandal / Click here

News/ Damning report on cover-up shocks Ireland / Click here

Irish Catholic Church child abuse 'scandal on astonishing scale,' says new report (IrishCentral)

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:35:11 PST

By: KENNETH HAYNES

Civil war in Irish Catholic Church over child-abuse scandal (IrishCentral)

Mon, 25 May 2009 10:51:59 PDT

By: CONOR O'CLERY