VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis issued a groundbreaking law Thursday ... to become their spokesman when they first adopted measures to combat child sex abuse in 2002. The law goes into effect June 1 ...
Pope Francis has changed Catholic Church law to explicitly criminalize the sexual abuse of adults by priests who abuse their authority and to say that laypeople who hold church office also can be ...
In a Reel posted on her Instagram on Monday (March 4), The Voice alum shared her distress at Tennessee’s new law ... Pope said. “Obviously this is an attack on same-sex couples.” ...
Pope Francis has dismissed Michael Jude Zacharias, a former priest of parishes in Mansfield and Fremont who was found guilty ...
Francis underlined the advances which recent reforms to canon law ... abuse scandal to impact the Catholic Church. Earlier this week, the 94-year-old former pope denied he knew about allegations ...
More states are removing time limits on child sex abuse lawsuits Advocates ... information about alleged child abuse to police or child welfare officials. Pope announces mandate to audit church ...
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The bill was authored after the faces of female Demopolis Middle School students were superimposed over pornographic images.
They were not really parts of the community and they didn't comply with the mandatory abuse reporting law. I mean, even now, they don't comply with it. So, this is very troubling. If you're a ...
For four hours, local students and crime enthusiasts were enthralled and brought into the minds of the law enforcement officers who prosecuted David Pope, the stepfather of two-year-old Hodgie who ...