Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. McCarrick, Pope Francis has accepted his resignation from the. Regina Garcia Cano And David Crary, The Associated Press After a month of mounting allegations of sexual abuse against American Cardinal Theodore E. Catholic church stands firm on decision to deny gay pride event Many dioceses have become targets of state investigations since a Pennsylvania grand jury report in August detailed hundreds of cases of alleged abuse.ĪLSO READ: Pope’s sex abuse summit: What it did and didn’t doĪLSO READ: B. On the agenda are proposals to increase the accountability of bishops in their response to sex abuse cases, and to create an independent, third-party entity that would review allegations of abuse.Įvents of the past year have created unprecedented challenges for the U.S. In remarks opening the four-day meeting Tuesday, he said the bishops’ “face the task of rooting the evil of sexual abuse from the church.” ![]() Catholic bishops have convened a high-stakes national meeting under pressure to defuse the ever-widening clergy sex-abuse crisis that has weakened the church.Ĭardinal Daniel DiNardo is president of the U.S. The court's decision means survivors of childhood sexual abuse have until Decemto file claims against their abuser, the Catholic Church or any other institution, without any statute.
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