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| UpdatedSt Patrick's College in Ballarat, infamous for its history of child sexual abuse, is determined to make amends and become a leader in child protection.
Topics: community-and-society, child-abuse, religion-and-beliefs, catholic, royal-commissions, ballarat-3350, vic, australia
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| UpdatedThe Catholic Church reveals which schools and children's homes had more than 20 claims of child sexual abuse — one institution alone faced 219 accusations.
Topics: catholic, schools, child-abuse, sexual-offences, royal-commissions, australia, hamilton-2303, new-norcia-6509, box-hill-3128, cheltenham-3192, goodwood-5034, bathurst-2795, wandering-6308, engadine-2233, hunters-hill-2110, ballarat-3350, morisset-2264, marion-5043, sunbury-3429, westmead-2145, adamstown-2289, tardun-6628, pearce-2607, nudgee-4014, geelong-3220, south-melbourne-3205, bindoon-6502, wilson-6107, waterford-6152, beaudesert-4285
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| UpdatedA "wickedly manipulative" serial paedophile priest is sentenced to stay behind bars until at least 2026 for the sexual abuse of boys at St Stanislaus College in Bathurst in central west NSW.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, sexual-offences, religion-and-beliefs, catholic, sydney-2000, bathurst-2795
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| UpdatedClose to 4,500 people made claims for alleged incidents of child sexual abuse between January 1980 and February 2015 but the earliest incidents reported to a claim were in the 1920s, the child abuse royal commission hears.
Topics: royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, child-abuse, sexual-offences, catholic, religion-and-beliefs, sydney-2000
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A lifelong obsession with Catholicism is one of the main themes in Martin Scorsese's latest film, as he continues what he calls a search for the spiritual human condition.
Topics: film-movies, arts-and-entertainment, religion-and-beliefs, catholic, united-states, taiwan, japan
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| UpdatedOne of Australia's most senior Catholics, Archbishop of Brisbane Mark Coleridge, says he does not know how many priests break their vows of celibacy, and does not think it is appropriate to question them.
Topics: royal-commissions, catholic, child-abuse, sydney-2000
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The Catholic Church confirms more than $200,000 has been paid to victims of sex abuse perpetrated by members of the Diocese of Sale, in eastern Victoria.
Topics: royal-commissions, laws, child-abuse, sexual-offences, catholic, sale-3850
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| UpdatedIn 1978, a group of Catholic schoolboys was called to make a moral decision. The night before, a Marist brother had tried to assault one of them. Those boys were better disciples than the princes of their Church. That is a triumph and a tragedy, writes Chris Uhlmann.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, catholic, royal-commissions, sexual-offences, assault, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedThe Australian Catholic Church releases "grim" data revealing 7 per cent of priests, working between 1950 and 2009, have been accused of child sex crimes. Here's what you need to know.
Topics: royal-commissions, sexual-offences, religion-and-beliefs, catholic, australia
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| UpdatedSurvivors of sexual abuse say they hope Australia's Catholic Archbishops are held to account when they front a royal commission next week.
Topics: royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, catholic, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedCatholic Church leaders throughout Australia are warning church-goers and school parents about the release of data on Monday at the child sex abuse royal commission, describing it as an "horrific portrait of appalling abuse".
Topics: catholic, religion-and-beliefs, sexual-offences, royal-commissions, brisbane-4000, sydney-2000, australia, melbourne-3000, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedEvery Catholic archbishop in the country except for Hobart is being called to give evidence at a royal commission hearing starting next week in Sydney.
Topics: catholic, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, royal-commissions, sydney-2000, nsw, qld, sa, vic, wa, perth-6000, parramatta-2150, act, australia, tas, nt
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An Australian Catholic priest accused of child abuse offences at a prestigious Scottish school is arrested in Sydney more than a year after authorities in the UK announced plans to extradite him.
Topics: child-abuse, catholic, royal-commissions, scotland
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The St Stanislaus College at Bathurst in central west New South Wales will formally apologise for historical child sex abuse at the school, which is celebrating its 150th year.
Topics: sexual-offences, child-abuse, catholic, secondary-schools, bathurst-2795
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The Philippines' Catholic Church has called on people to the streets after President Rodrigo Duterte signed an executive order directing government agencies to provide contraception to 6 million Filipino women.
Topics: government-and-politics, catholic, philippines, asia
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Former Catholic priest Gerald Ridsdale is charged with a string of historical sexual abuse charges, including rape, buggery and indecent assault.
Topics: crime, catholic, sexual-offences, vic
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| UpdatedPope Francis writes to Catholic bishops worldwide reminding them to adhere to a "zero tolerance" policy on child sexual abuse to ensure that "such crimes may never be repeated" by clergy.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, catholic, sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, child-abuse, community-and-society, holy-see-vatican-city-state
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| UpdatedCatholic parishes in country dioceses are forced to slash popular masses due to a shortage of priests as the Church struggles to find its next generation of priests.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, catholic, regional, biloela-4715, qld, banyo-4014, brisbane-4000, australia
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Pope Francis delivers a Christmas message filled with hope for peace in a world lacerated by war and terrorism, urging people to remember migrants, refugees and those hit by economic instability caused by "idolatry of money".
Topics: community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, catholic, holy-see-vatican-city-state, italy
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Pope Francis celebrates his 80th birthday by sharing breakfast with eight homeless people and performing mass with cardinals, as greetings pour in from around the world.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, catholic, human-interest, holy-see-vatican-city-state, italy
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A child sexual abuse survivor tells a royal commission he was subjected to "humiliation, fear and violence" at the hands of a Catholic teacher in the NSW Hunter region.
Topics: royal-commissions, child-abuse, sexual-offences, catholic, newcastle-2300, maitland-2320, hamilton-2303
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| UpdatedDespite being one of the world's most celebrated holidays, there is great difference in how we all celebrate Christmas — so how do Maltese people celebrate Christmas?
Topics: christmas, christianity, catholic, mackay-4740, malta
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| UpdatedThe Catholic Church defrocks a priest for having a "long-term inappropriate sexual relationship" with a woman, in what is believed to be an Australian first.
Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, catholic, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, chatswood-2067, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedA year away from its final report, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse begins the process of re-examining some of the institutions it has scrutinised over the past three years, as victims express their need for justice.
Topics: royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, child-abuse, sexual-offences, community-and-society, catholic, religion-and-beliefs, australia, nsw