They cite s climate of distrust after they denounced the sexual abuse of nuns by clergy.
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Pope replaces Santiago bishop accused of sex abuse cover-up
Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati says he was leaving with his ‘head held high’ and that all complaints lodged with the archdiocesan office have been investigated or are under investigation.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to break ground on Saco expansion
Church leaders say the congregation, established in 1996, has 200 active members from Saco, Biddeford, Old Orchard Beach, Buxton, Dayton, Arundel, Hollis and Kennebunkport.
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Australian cardinal sentenced to 6 years for molesting choirboys
The judge says Pope Francis’ former finance minister George Pell acted with ‘staggering arrogance.’
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After national vote for LGBT restrictions, Portland Methodists send message of inclusion
‘You are welcome in this place,’ the husband-and-wife pastors of HopeGateWay tell their congregation at Sunday’s services.
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U.S. churches in turmoil over sex abuse, LGBT policy
There’s rising concern that the crises will boost the ranks of young people disillusioned by organized religion.
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Searing testimony of clergy abuse marks first day of Vatican summit
The tone for the high stakes, four-day summit is set at the start as victims from all over the world tell the bishops of the trauma of their abuse and the additional pain the church’s indifference caused them.
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Expectations run high for pope’s sexual abuse conference, but some brace for disappointment
Francis risks cementing the impression among detractors that he remains resistant to meaningful change.
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Vatican defrocks former Cardinal McCarrick for abuse
He becomes the highest-ranking churchman and the first cardinal punished by dismissal from the clerical state.
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Bombshell book alleges a Vatican gay subculture, hypocrisy
A gay French writer has lifted the lid on what he calls one of the world’s largest gay communities, the Vatican.