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Clerical abuse
Trust that owns Christian Brothers schools included as defendant in historical child sex abuse cases
Solicitors say taking of cases against the trust, which has property worth €133 million, is response to legal strategy being adopted by congregation
Leo Varadkar apologised in 2019 to those sexually abused in day schools, pledging they would not be failed again
Resignation of Annette Kurschus rocks Germany’s mainstream Protestant church as study confirms membership collapse
Programme about sexual abuse in Blackrock College of two brothers wins award for investigative work at world’s largest competition for public-service media
Rite & Reason: Until the rest have been named, there is no context for the life of Joseph Marmion SJ. He operated within an organisation that harboured child abusers
Speaking at his memorial service, Minister says Mark Ryan showed ‘enormous courage’ in speaking out about being sexually abused at Blackrock College
Report following public inquiry criticises Catholic authorities for ‘cover-up’ culture
Restorative justice is an informal process which focuses on the survivor rather than the offender
Polish Catholic church in turmoil over multiple clerical sex scandals, while Swiss primate suggests ‘time is right to abolish the celibacy obligation’ for priests
Priest, economist and campaigner Dr Seán Healy delivers a parting shot at the Government as he retires from his role at the head of independent think-tank Social Justice Ireland
Clerical sexual abuse scandals have badly damaged the Catholic Church, in particular ‘the faith of young people, says retired archbishop
‘Unforgiveable’ intervention criticised by spokesman for men who suffered at hands of Christian Brothers
Are councillors compassionate enough to rescind Edmund Garvey’s freedom of Drogheda as a powerful symbol of support for victims of abuse?
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