Posts Tagged ‘scandal’
Arts & Culture
Pop star turned Anglican priest, comments on the Jimmy Savile abuse scandal
The Reverend Cindy Kent, a former pop star, BBC presenter and now an Anglican priest, has stepped forward with her memories of Sir Jimmy Savile, the popular British TV and radio host and DJ whom it has been alleged had sexually...
Causes
Perpetrators of Turkey’s ‘Malatya massacre’ put on trial
Nineteen suspects accused of inciting the brutal 2007 murders of three Christians in eastern Turkey went on trial before Malatya’s Third Criminal Court in early September.
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Amid infidelity scandal, Dinesh D’Souza resigns from King’s College
Conservative activist Dinesh D’Souza resigned as president of evangelical The King’s College in New York City on Thursday (Oct. 18) amid a scandal involving a relationship with a woman who is not his wife.
News
Separating fact from fiction in Vatican leaks case
For the last six months, the so-called Vatileaks affair has rocked the frescoed halls of the Vatican, plunging the global center of the Roman Catholic church into turmoil.
News
Vatican ends probe of clergy abuse in Ireland
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Following a yearlong investigation into decades of rampant abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, the Vatican on Tuesday (March 20) called for more rigorous screening of would-be priests and compulsor...
Commentary and News
Vatican leaks scandal looms large at meeting to elevate new cardinals
It isn’t anywhere on the official agenda, but as Roman Catholic leaders meet in Rome this weekend, looming in the background will be a recent string of Vatican leaks that reveal a bitter power struggle among the hierarchy...
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Cardinal says bishops must ‘cooperate’ with police on abuse
The Vatican’s doctrinal chief on Monday (Feb. 6) told Catholic bishops from all over the world that they have a duty to “cooperate” with civil law on cases of clergy sexual abuse of minors. Cardinal William J....
News
L.A. bishop resigns after fathering children
A Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop from Los Angeles has resigned after admitting he is the father of two children, both now teenagers. The Vatican on Wednesday (Jan. 4) announced that Pope Benedict XVI had accepted the resignati...
Commentary
Why Penn State is (and isn’t) like the Catholic Church
Penn State coaching legend Joe Paterno is out in the university’s burgeoning sex abuse scandal, and comparisons to the Roman Catholic Church’s own abuse scandals are in. “The parallels are too striking to igno...
News
Amid tense relations, Ireland closes embassy to the Vatican
After months of tense relations over the clergy sex abuse scandal, the Irish government announced Thursday (Nov. 3) that it will close its embassy to the Vatican. “The government believes that Ireland’s interests with the Holy ...
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