Germany German court convicts Catholic Church priest of abusing children The 70-year-old was sentenced to 12 years in prison and ordered to pay victims €50,000 in damages. 25/02/2022
Portugal More than 200 allegations of sex abuse in Portuguese Catholic Church An independent committee was set up in January to examine historical sex abuse. 10/02/2022
Vatican Ex-pope asks for pardon over sex abuse scandal but denies wrongdoing A recent report found that Pope Benedict had failed to handle cases of sexual abuse at the Munich diocese. 08/02/2022
Spain Spain moves closer to investigation into Catholic Church sex abuse Spain's Bishops Conference has now refused an official inquiry into allegations of priest abuse. 01/02/2022
Vatican Ex-Pope Benedict XVI admits attending meeting about abusive priest The retired Pope had denied attending the meeting to the investigators but says his statement had mistakes in it due to editing "oversight". 24/01/2022
Vatican Pope Francis pledges justice for sex abuse victims after Munich report A lawyers' report found that Benedict XVI had mishandled four cases of sexual abuse in the clergy while archbishop of Munich. 21/01/2022
France French Catholic Academy questions findings of child sex abuse inquiry An October report estimated that 216,000 children have been abused by French clergy since 1950. 29/11/2021
Portugal Portugal's Catholic Church plans committee to probe child sex abuse Leading Portuguese Catholics, including politicians and writers, had urged bishops to create a fully independent committee to investigate possible historic abuse. 12/11/2021
France French Catholic Church agrees to compensate victims of child sex abuse A damming report last month estimated that around 330,000 children were sexually abused over 70 years by priests or other church-related figures. 08/11/2021
France French bishops pray for forgiveness for 'massive phenomenon' of abuse Bishops in the holy town of Lourdes prayed on their knees in a penitential gesture to ask god for forgiveness for sexual abuse in the Catholic church. 06/11/2021
no comment French bishops kneel to ask forgiveness for sexual abuse Bishops gathered in Lourdes pray on their knees on the esplanade of the Rosary Basilica in a penitential gesture to ask God for forgiveness for sexual abuse in the Catholic church 06/11/2021
Vatican Vatican prosecutor seeks prison for priest in abuse trial The case is the first to go to trial alleging sexual abuse within the Vatican's walls. 16/07/2021
Vatican Vatican: Senior figures downplayed reports about ex-Cardinal McCarrick A Vatican investigation into ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has found that a series of bishops, cardinals and popes downplayed or dismissed reports that he slept with seminarians. 10/11/2020
Vatican Ex-Vatican envoy faces sexual abuse charge in French court The Vatican’s former ambassador to France went on trial Tuesday for alleged sexual misconduct. 10/11/2020
France Barbarin appeals conviction in Catholic Church sex abuse case Barbarin appeals conviction in Catholic Church sex abuse case 28/11/2019
Good Morning Europe Sex abuse scandal exposed in new film rocks Catholic Church in Poland A new documentary exposing child sex abuse by members of the Roman Catholic Church is forcing the country's bishops to meet in Warsaw today. Released over the weekend, the film entitled 'Tell No One' reportedly shows how abusive priests ruined the lives of victims and faced no consequences. 22/05/2019
Vatican Pope, ending conference, calls for 'all-out battle' against abuse of minors Pope, ending conference, calls for 'all-out battle' against abuse of minors 24/02/2019
Vatican Catholic Church 'destroyed' records of abuse, cardinal says "This is abuse of power by the administration," Cardinal Reinhard Marx told bishops at a Vatican summit on preventing sexual abuse. 23/02/2019
USA Disgraced former archbishop of Boston, Cardinal Bernard Law, has died Law became a central figure in the worst crisis to hit the Roman Catholic Church in America - the alleged cover-up by church officials of sexual abuse of children by priests. 20/12/2017
United Kingdom Abuse victim quits Pope's child protection panel The last abuse victim on the Pope's child protection panel, Marie Collins quits, launching a stinging attack on the Vatican's administration 02/03/2017
world news Australia: data suggests rife rejection of child sex abuse claims in Catholic Church The Catholic Church in Australia releases data suggesting child sex abuse between 1950 and 2010 was widespread, but largely ignored. 06/02/2017
France French PM criticises Catholic Archbishop of Lyon over paedophile scandal One of France’s most senior cardinals, the Archbishop of Lyon, has emphatically denied covering up paedophilia. Philippe Barbarin and five others are 15/03/2016
Vatican Journalists investigated in Vatican leaks scandal The internal scandal surrounding the papacy intensified on Thursday as the Vatican asked the authorities to investigate two Italian journalists 13/11/2015
Vatican Pope condemns recent Vatican leaks as 'a betrayal of trust' Pope Francis has used his weekly Sunday address to thousands of people gathered in St Peter’s Square to condemn the recent leak of sensitive Vatican 08/11/2015
Cinema Boston Globe revelations of child abuse hit the silver screen in the film Spotlight Actors Mark Ruffalo, Stanley Tucci, Rachel McAdams and director Tom McCarthy were at the Venice Film Festival to present the movie ‘Spotlight’. The 04/09/2015
Vatican Vatican freezes funds of senior cleric after smuggling probe The Vatican announced Friday that it has frozen the funds of a senior cleric who is at the centre of a suspected money smuggling 12/07/2013
