sex scandals

Former Irish president demands Vatican be held to account over abuse committed by 'saint' of the disabled Jean Vanier

Former Irish president demands Vatican be held to account over abuse committed by ‘saint’ of the disabled Jean Vanier

French Church not cooperating fully with independent abuse inquiry - survivor

French Church not cooperating fully with independent abuse inquiry: survivor

Cardinal Barbarin

Cardinal Barbarin – tipped for Vatican post? – blames cover-up prosecution on persecution of Christians

Abuse in the Church (stock)

Abuse in the Church: French cardinal acquitted of cover-up, 9 “cult” members investigated in Italy

A priest during Mass (stock)

Vatican guilty verdict against pedophile priest splits Slovenian parish

The cross of sex abuse (stock)

French Church sex abuse investigation head warns number of complaints could reach 10,000

Lyon cardinal Philippe Barbarin

French cardinal convicted of pedophilia cover-up himself accused of seminarian harassment

The dome of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican

Altar boy sex abuse scandal explodes just steps from Pope’s door

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict covered up sex assaults of “very gay” and “horny” Vatican prelate: report

Francis

Pope promises to personally “seek solution” for embattled Austrian diocese

Luigi Ventura, nuncio in France

Abuse-accused papal rep in France retreats to Rome

A priest saying Mass (illustrative only)

US pedophile priests worked and offended in Sweden, Norway