Tag: priests

• Monday, December 23rd 2019 - 09:04 UTC

  Hundreds of children sexually abused by priests from ultra conservative branch of Mexican Catholic Church

  

  At least 175 children were sexually assaulted by priests belonging to an ultra-conservative Mexican branch of the Roman Catholic Church, according to an internal report published over the weekend.

• Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Vatican considering giving laywomen in the Amazon official ministries

  

  Deep in the Amazon forest, young couples looking to wed or baptize children often turn to Sister Alba, who fills in where Catholic priests cannot be found. But in many remote areas, there are not even enough nuns to go around, and it is laywomen who play a key role in the evangelization of indigenous people.

• Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 10:05 UTC

  Two priests and a gardener on trial in Argentine for sexually abusing deaf children

  

  Two priests and a gardener appeared in court on Monday to face charges of sexually abusing deaf children in their care, in a case that has sent shockwaves through Argentina's Catholic church.