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Spain investigating 68 allegations of child abuse by Catholic clergy, staff

Spanish prosecutors are investigating 68 cases of alleged sexual abuse of minors by Catholic church staff, the public prosecutor's office said on Wednesday in the first release of official data about such cases.

Reuters

Pressure groups demand Church in Italy submit to external sexual abuse inquiry

Catholic groups on Tuesday accused Italy's Church of an "institutional failure" to confront clergy sexual abuse, and demanded an independent national inquiry mirroring ones conducted in France and Germany.

Reuters

Vicar’s child abuse ‘could have been stopped if clergy had listened to victims’

The Rev Graham Gregory, who had a 30-year career in the church, was jailed for indecently assaulting children.

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Catholic priest quits after thousands of baptisms ruled invalid because of wrong words

Thousand of people are to be contacted by their church in Phoenix, Arizona, in the US, after it was found Father Andrew Arango mistakenly used the wrong phrasing for 25 years

Daily Mirror

Mormon Missionary Training, Insufficiently Feminine Haircuts, and the First Amendment

From Markowski v. BYU, decided yesterday by Judge Jill Parrish (D. Utah): The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ("the Church") is a religious organization with its headquarters in Utah. One of the Church's "most recognized characteristics" is its missionary program. Church members, typically under the age of twenty-five,…

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Northern Navarre region publishes one of first official reports on Church abuse in Spain

The northern Spanish region of Navarre published a report on Friday identifying 52 cases of alleged sexual abuse of minors in Catholic institutions over seven decades, in one of Spain's first official investigations into Church abuses.

Reuters

Italy's Catholic Church faces pressure for independent abuse inquiry

At a trial under way in Sicily, a 28-year-old Italian is seeking justice against a man he accuses of forcing him to perform sex acts before going on to become a priest.

Reuters

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Boy abused in New Zealand Catholic Church care was ‘shown a corpse’ to keep him quiet

A week-long inquiry is examining abuse in state care and faith-based institutions

The Independent UK

Bishop Nolan leaves Galloway for a higher calling

Bishop Nolan has been named as the new Archbishop of Glasgow, succeeding Archbishop Philip Tartaglia who died last year.

Daily Record

Boy abused in New Zealand Catholic Church care 'shown corpse' to keep him quiet

A New Zealand inquiry on Wednesday heard harrowing accounts from people who were abused as children while they were under the care of the Catholic Church, one of whom said he was shown a corpse in a hospital morgue by a priest to keep him quiet.

Reuters

Louis Theroux says dream interview subject is Tom Cruise after Church of Scientology film

In Louis Theroux’s 2015 documentary My Scientology Movie, he focused on the inner workings of the mysterious Church of Scientology by meeting with its former members - but never spoke with Tom Cruise

Daily Mirror

Tom Walker announces Scottish dates in UK tour next month

Tom will play at Aberdeen's The Tunnels and Dundee's Church next month.

Daily Record

Spain's Socialists propose commission to probe Catholic Church abuses

Spain's ruling Socialist Party proposed on Monday creating an independent commission headed by the country's ombudsman to investigate sexual abuse of minors by Catholic Church staff.

Reuters

Polarisation, corporations and Christian vote: What matters, doesn’t for Goa’s clergy in poll season

Election seasons in Goa over the years have seen the archdiocese of Goa, the Catholic church and clergy come under scrutiny for political activism and “interference”﹘as accused by opponents, especially the RSS, BJP and its affiliates.

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Call for gardai to probe sex assault claims at Dublin army barracks

The Women of Honour compared the situation to the system which operated within the Catholic Church in which canon law was applied in horrific cases of sex abuse

The Independent UK

Spanish ombudsman set to probe church sex abuse

Spain’s prime minister wants to task the nation’s ombudsman with the country’s first official investigation into the depth of sexual abuse committed by Roman Catholic clergy

Daily Record

Vintage afternoon tea aims to raise funds for Kirkcudbright Parish Church redevelopment

The congregation is aiming to raise £300,000 to transform the church interior into a multi-use community venue

Reuters

Liberal cardinal calls for revised Catholic teaching on gays

A prominent liberal cardinal who leads a body representing European bishops has called for "fundamental revision" in Catholic teaching on homosexuality, and said it is wrong to fire Church workers for being gay.

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Court rejects attempt to demolish church

The court found Maitland-Newcastle diocese's $5.5 million cost estimate for repairing the structure was "excessive".

Reuters

Spanish prosecutor to gather information on Catholic Church child abuse

Spain's public prosecutor has ordered regional offices to look into all ongoing judicial investigations into the sexual abuse of minors by the Catholic Church, while parliament took a first step towards potentially opening its own investigation.

Reuters

Spain hands list of 1,000 contested Church properties to local authorities

Spain's government handed over a list of almost 1,000 properties claimed by the Catholic Church on contested legal grounds to a federation of local authorities on Thursday, taking a first step towards resolving long-running feuds over ownership.

The Independent UK

Church should introduce gay marriage blessings ‘sooner rather than later’ – MP

The Commons heard the Church of England’s doctrine was still that marriage was still between a man and a woman.

Reuters

Critics of former pope are scapegoating him over abuse, Vatican says

The Vatican on Wednesday hit back at critics of former Pope Benedict, under scrutiny over his handling of sex abuse in Germany decades ago, accusing them of seeking a scapegoat over what should be a "collective examination" of the Church's past.

Reuters

Support your children if they are gay, pope tells parents

Pope Francis said on Wednesday that parents of gay children should not condemn them but offer them support.

Reason

Scientology Arbitration and the First Amendment: Some Questions About Bixler v. Superior Court

Last week, the California Court of Appeal (Bixler v. Superior Court) refused to apply a broad Scientology arbitration agreement to a lawsuit brought by ex-members who claimed they were mistreated in various ways after they left the Church: Individuals have a First Amendment right to leave a religion. We hold…

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