tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post1640616188584348526..comments2024-03-26T14:34:28.415-07:00Comments on Religion and Child Abuse News: Dutch bishops admit they did not warn diocese of pedophile priest, Cardinal denies knowledge of abuse and Vatican cover-upPerry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-72525023529631274732013-12-03T11:54:04.903-08:002013-12-03T11:54:04.903-08:00Advocates like David Clohessy, executive director ...Advocates like David Clohessy, executive director of SNAP -Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests say that the pope doesn’t need openings to make an apology or do more. “He needs no opportunity with his massive global bully pulpit,” Clohessy told The Daily Beast. “He could have apologized any time over the past eight months.”<br /><br />Clohessy says that while the pope is a “master of Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-67671959429624218482013-12-03T11:53:57.379-08:002013-12-03T11:53:57.379-08:00Pope Francis Avoids Apology For Clergy Sex Abuse
...Pope Francis Avoids Apology For Clergy Sex Abuse<br /><br />By Barbie Latza Nadeau, The Daily Beast December 3, 2013<br /><br />Why doesn’t popular Pope Francis issue a straightforward apology for rampant child sex abuse by Catholic priests, instead of swerving time and again on the issue?<br /><br />There is no question that Pope Francis has put a shine on the tarnished Catholic church throughPerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-28793451351434211742011-12-16T12:45:06.346-08:002011-12-16T12:45:06.346-08:00Inquiry says thousands abused in Dutch Catholic in...<b>Inquiry says thousands abused in Dutch Catholic institutions</b><br /><br />by MIKE CORDER, Associated Press December 16, 2011<br /><br />Thousands of children suffered sexual abuse in Dutch Catholic institutions, and church officials failed to adequately address the abuse or help the victims, according to a long-awaited investigation released Friday.<br /><br />The report by the an Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-64999866669701173852011-11-30T12:31:28.263-08:002011-11-30T12:31:28.263-08:00Catholic church knew of abuse for decades, publish...<b>Catholic church knew of abuse for decades, published warnings</b><br /><br />Dutch News - Netherlands November 29, 2011<br /><br />The Catholic church was aware of child abuse at orphanages and other institutions throughout the Netherlands as early as 1954, according to documents found by researchers in church archives.<br /><br />Senior church officials have consistently claimed they were notPerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com