Tag: priests
Blessing ceremony: Protest: Priests bless queer couples in front of Cologne Cathedral
Blessing celebration Protest: Priests bless queer couples in front of Cologne Cathedral Same-sex couples can have themselves blessed in front of Cologne Cathedral on September 20th. photo © Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa…
They rob a deacon’s car and leave with priest’s things
The clothes don’t make the monk… By robbing a Mini Cooper S in the city center of Toulouse, the thieves certainly did not expect to leave with such loot. Smashed…
Bavaria: Charges brought against priests – Bavaria
A Catholic priest from the Upper Palatinate may soon have to answer to a court for sexual abuse. The Nuremberg public prosecutor’s office has meanwhile filed charges against the clergyman…
Abuse in the Archdiocese of Freiburg: More than 250 priests could be perpetrators
Status: 04/18/2023 11:59 am The Archdiocese of Freiburg has presented a study on sexualised violence. The experts assume more than 250 priests as possible perpetrators and more than 540 victims.…
Archdiocese of Baltimore: US priests sexually abused hundreds of children
A new investigative report into the US Archdiocese of Baltimore has revealed a “staggering level of abuse”. At least 600 people were sexually abused in the archdiocese between 1940 and…
Catholic Church: US priests sexually abused hundreds of children
Catholic Church US priests sexually abused hundreds of children Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown comments on the release of the redacted report on child sexual abuse in the Catholic Archdiocese…
150 additional priests accused of pedophile acts on 600 children until 2002
More than 150 members of the Catholic clergy are accused of “horrible and repeated” pedophile acts on at least 600 children, from the years 1940 to 2002 in Maryland, revealed…
Letter to Jesuit Priests: Pope Francis Explains Statement on Homosexuality
Letter to Jesuit priests Pope Francis declares statement on homosexuality Pope Francis: “And I say to anyone who wants to criminalize homosexuality, they are wrong”. photo © Andrew Medichini/AP/dpa “When…
Church leader: Pope warns priests against porn: “This is how the devil enters”
church leader Pope warns priests against porn: ‘This is how the devil enters’ Pope Francis greets at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square. photo ©…
Italy: Investigations against priests after mass in the Mediterranean
Air mattress used as an altar Investigations against Italian priests after Mass in the Mediterranean For a mass at sea in Italy, a priest used an air mattress as an…