Tag: catholic

• Wednesday, April 8th 2020 - 11:16 UTC

  Cardinal Pell acquitted: ex choir boy who accused him of sexual abuse accepts the court ruling

  

  A former choirboy who accused Australian Cardinal George Pell of molesting him said on Wednesday he accepts the top Vatican acquittal, but urged survivors of child sex abuse to keep coming forward.

• Thursday, March 28th 2019 - 09:17 UTC

  Chilean Catholic Church must pay compensation to three victims of sex abuse

  

  A Chilean appeals court ruled on Wednesday that the Catholic Church should pay compensation to three victims in a sex abuse case involving former Santiago parish priest Fernando Karadima, a decision that could open the floodgates to similar lawsuits.