Topic: Child Abuse
Reuters US Online Report World News | 2010-02-16 11:48:51
<div><p>VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict told Irish bishops during two days of crisis talks over a pedophilia scandal that sexual abuse of children by priests was a "heinous crime" that they must address with resolve, the Vatican said on Tuesday.</p><p>"The Holy Father observed that the sexual abuse ...
AP News | 2010-02-03 08:02:25
<div id="subtitle">APNewsBreak: Federal study finds sharp drop in serious child abuse between 1993 and 2006</div><div><p>A massive new federal study documents an unprecedented and dramatic decrease in incidents of serious child abuse, especially sexual abuse. Experts hailed the findings as proof that crackdowns and public awareness campaigns ...
AP News | 2010-02-02 19:52:19
AP News | 2010-01-20 13:56:28
<div id="subtitle">Pope invites Irish bishops to Vatican summit to discuss papal response to child-abuse scandals</div><div><p>Ireland's Roman Catholic bishops are being summoned next month to a Vatican summit with Pope Benedict XVI to shape the pontiff's response to child-abuse scandals, church officials said Wednesday.< ...
