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Religious Mobsters

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds. (2 Corinthians 11:13-15)

 

Catholic Church sex abuse cases by country

Abuse by members of religious institutes

Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

The Baseless Threats of Catholic Dioceses Bankruptcies

Pope vows no more cover ups on sexual abuse in letter to Catholics

'We are angry, betrayed and disillusioned': Thousands of Catholic women sign open letter to the Pope urging him to break his silence over claims he turned a blind eye to sexual abuse

The Catholic Church Is Breaking Apart. Here's Why.

Laws forcing priests to report child abuse passed in Victorian parliament

 
 
Year 2024

Who is Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and why did he resign during an abuse scandal?

​Year 2023

He didn’t even look me in the eye’: one survivor on how George Pell chose the church over children

Pope Francis praises George Pell for persevering ‘even in the hour of trial’

Cardinal George Pell's death isn't the end or a celebration for child sex abuse survivors. It's another hard day

 

​Year 2022

Retired pope asks pardon for abuse, but admits no wrongdoing

Pope Benedict: I Did Know About Priest Who Molested 23 Boys

Pope Benedict XVI says denial of 1980 meeting about predatory priest was a 'mistake'

Abuse Report Faults Pope Benedict XVI and others.

Benedict XVI accused of failing to respond to abuse as a bishop

 

​Year 2021

French actor breaks silence on child sex abuse within church

Pope Francis expresses his 'shame' at scale of French Catholic Church child abuse and 'sadness' over suffering of 330,000 victims after report found nuns used crucifixes to rape girls

French report: 330,000 children victims of church sex abuse

Former ALP official and Catholic priest jailed for 17 years over child abuse tourism

Sydney priest, police officer charged with possessing child abuse material

Ex-Priest Who Operated East Timor Children's Shelter Indicted for Sexual Abuse of Minors

Theodore McCarrick, ex-cardinal and Archbishop of Washington, D.C., pleads not guilty to sex abuse charges in Boston court

NSW Police charge Hillsong Pastor Brian Houston with concealing his father’s sexual abuse of a child

Paedophile protector Peter Dutton MP threatens defamation proceedings against Twitter users for calling him a rapist apologist

5-year NSW Police investigation into Hillsong’s Brian Houston covering up for his paedophile father continues. Why 5 years?

Prominent Democrat Priest, Who Endorsed Obama, Ousted Following Child Rape Claims

 

​Year 2020

'This is the next big thing for the church': Women claim they were sexually abused by evil, rapist NUNS who they say outnumber pedophile priests

German nuns were ‘pimps’ for sick priests, says sexual abuse victim

Sexual abuse in Catholic Church 'swept under the carpet', damning report finds

Pope John Paul II knew of allegations of Mr. McCarrick’s sexual misconduct.

Five Takeaways From the Vatican’s Explosive McCarrick Report

Report: Estimated 90,000 Former Boy Scouts Accuse Leaders of Sexual Abuse

Raping children the Cardinal George Pell way

Scott Morrison confirms he sought White House invite for Hillsong pastor Brian Houston

Polish archbishop calls for child sex abuse probe before Saint John Paul II centenary celebrations

Pennsylvania Roman Catholic diocese files for bankruptcy after $12M in sex-abuse settlements

Catholic priest 'confessed 1,500 times to abusing children', victim says mandatory reporting could have saved him

Christian Brothers trial hears child migrant was bashed and raped after reporting sexual abuse

 

​Year 2019

Hillsong Church Pastor Brian Houston perjured himself at the Child Sex Abuse Royal Commission. The evidence.

Sexual abuse victim of Hillsong founder’s father blasts PM for supporting Brian Houston

Exclusive: President Donald Trump has paedophile protector Pastor Brian Houston at The White House 

Morrison toasts 'unconventional' Trump – but Hillsong pastor reportedly rejected from guest list

Famed Jesuit priest abused boy 1,000 times around the world: lawsuit

Argentina: Catholic priests jailed for abusing deaf children

Birmingham Archdiocese let children be abused and harboured paedophile priests 'to protect its own reputation'

Paedophile priests acted ‘like mafia’ abusing schoolboys, as Vatican refused to give crucial evidence

Graeme Lawrence, the former Anglican Dean of Newcastle, jailed for eight years

Former Jehovah's Witnesses speak out about childhood abuse, say it was 'covered up'

POLITICIAN WANTS CATHOLIC CHURCHES TO POST SIGNS WARNING CHILDREN OF DANGER

Watchtower: An Institution That Cannot Apologize

1,700 Catholic priests accused of child sexual abuse are reportedly living freely in the US with no oversight, working in schools, and failing to register as sex offenders

Abuse victim receives multi-million-dollar payout from Catholic Church

Catholic church swamped with hundreds of new sex abuse claims after legal change

Revealed: How paedophile priests in Victoria worked together to share victims

Catholic priest jailed for abusing altar boy 27 years after fleeing to Morocco

MONSIGNOR IN CHARGE OF HANDLING PEDOPHILE PRIESTS ACCUSED OF MOLESTING TEEN BOY

Pope encourages priests disheartened by sex abuse fallout

Oklahoma Diocese Reveals Timeline of Priest's Alleged Abuse

French priest defrocked for abusing Scouts in landmark case

Ex-pastor in Texas accused of sexually abusing teen relative

Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry: Boys raped by priests at 'satanic parties'

US Catholic Church reports big rise in sex-abuse allegations

Vatican law requires clergy to report sex abuse and cover-ups

Don't send a 'bishop to the crime scene': Church sex abuse survivors blast Pope Francis' new law on reporting

Pope Francis issues groundbreaking law requiring priests, nuns to report sex abuse, cover-up

‘Revolution’ in Poland as nation confronts priestly abuse

Five Catholic priests charged with criminal sexual conduct in Michigan sex abuse investigation

‘Evil’ Lawyer, Who Defended Pedophiles, Found Guilty of Raping Children

NXIVM Leader Keith Raniere Charged With Possession of Child Pornography

Vatican summit on child sex abuse is all talk, say Australian victims and families

Over third of US Catholics question membership amid abuse crisis

The Catholic Church’s ‘Ravenous Wolves’

US Catholic Church names more than 1,000 priests accused of child sex abuse

Catholic Church in Poland admits more than 380 children have been sexually abused by members of its clergy since 1990

First female speaker at Vatican sex abuse summit says bishops should kneel before victims

Abusive clergy must feel full force of law

Credibility of Catholic church at stake in sexual abuse summit

Cardinal admits to Vatican summit that Catholic Church destroyed abuse files

Cardinal admits Church files on pedophile priests 'destroyed'

The Spotlight Effect: This Church Scandal Was Revealed by Outsiders

Catholic Church destroyed secret files on paedophile priests, cardinal admits

Gay Priests, Secret Rules and the Abuse of Nuns: Some of the Vatican Controversies as Bishops Meet

Pope Francis's comments linking church critics to the devil criticised by abuse victims

'Murderers of the faith': Church sex abuse survivors describe horrors to world's bishops

‘John of God’ cult leader allegedly ran child sex slave farm

63 YEARS: PAEDOPHILE IN POPE’S INNER CIRCLE WHO LIVED IN SPAIN PROTECTED BY ‘MAFIA’ VATICAN FOR SEVEN DECADES

Vatican: Argentine Bishop at Holy See Under Investigation

​Year 2018

Pope removes scandal-hit cardinals from inner circle

England’s most senior Catholic cleric apologises for withholding evidence of child abuse allegations

Prosecutors in Abuse Case Search Office of Major US Cardinal

David Hickton called the Catholic church organized crime. He wanted to save it.

Pope Francis Compares Pedophile Bishops To Jesus on the Cross

FLASHBACK: Archbishop’s Computer Contained 100,000 Child Rape Videos – Pope Silent

Benedict rebukes critics of Pope Francis in private letters 

(Calling on Pope Francis to resign)

Argentine Sex Abuse Victim: Pope ‘Opens His Door’ to Celebs Like DiCaprio but Won’t Even Write Us a Note

Catholic Priests Abused 1,000 Children in Pennsylvania, Report Says

Report Finds 100 Priests in One City Ran Horrific Pedophile Ring, As Gov’t Looked the Other Way

Church helped former priest accused of abuse get Disney job

Oral Sex, Then Holy Water: Report Documents Abuse by Priests

Critics slam Vatican's 'disturbing' silence on abuse cover-ups

Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington resigns after altar boy sex abuse allegation

Top cardinal demands Vatican get tough with bishops on sex abuse

Revelations of US cardinal sex abuse will force pope’s hand

Archbishop is found guilty of covering up the sexual abuse of altar boys at the hands of

a paedophile priest

Mom accuses pope of cover-up of son's sex abuse

Former Catholic priest who used chat rooms to watch sex attacks on babies jailed

Archbishop of Adelaide Philip Wilson found guilty of covering up child sexual abuse

All Chile's 34 bishops offer resignation to Pope over sex abuse scandals

Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Cases

Five years on, Pope Francis has failed to deliver on his promises

Pope Francis: Pedophiles & Murderers Go To Heaven

Chileans lose faith as Vatican scrambles to contain sex abuse scandal

Church of England is facing more than 3,000 complaints over sexual abuse

Pope shocks Chile by accusing sex abuse victims of slander

Pope begs forgiveness for 'irreparable' harm from sex abuse

Catholic Church denies 'making excuses' over compensation for sexual abuse victims

Sexual abuse survivors in Victoria to be able to sue churches as Government moves to end 'Ellis defence'

Australian Catholics asked to spend first three days of Lent in fasting and reparation for child sexual abuse victims

​Year 2017

No admission: Inside story on Salvation Army sex abuse settlement

The sex abuse royal commission went to some dark places — here's some of what it found

Australian child abuse probe recommends Catholic Church lift demands of celibacy from clergy

Royal commission: Celibacy and confessional overhaul proposed in child sex abuse findings

Australian Report Urges Vatican to Reject Celibacy, Rethink Secret Confessions

Shine The Light (The Australian Royal Commission / The Newcastle Herald) 

Royal Commission delivers withering criticism of Melbourne Archdiocese

Huge Pedophile Ring Discovered With Clear Ties To Pope Benedict

Vatican Sex Abuse Scandal Reveals Blind Spot for Francis

Pope cuts penalties for paedophile priests - including one let off with just a lifetime of prayer for abusing five young boys

Catholic Church Spends $4 Billion To Settle Child Rape Lawsuits

Pedogate: Bishop Claims age of Consent Should be 7 Years Old

Catholic Bishop: 'Children Are Asking to be Raped'

Catholic education system under a cloud after child sex abuse commission findings

Vatican Recalls Priest at Washington Embassy Amid Child Porn Investigation

Paedophile ex-vicar was housed in luxury apartment paid for by the Church of England

Teen Jailed for 30 Years Over Stillbirth After Being Raped by Catholic Priests

Montana reservations reportedly 'dumping grounds' for predatory priests

Catholic Church and local authorities criticised for claiming child sex abuse victims 'consented' 

French Archbishop: ‘The Catholic Church is FULL Of Pedophile Predators’

Child abuse royal commission: don’t just target Catholic Church

Timeline: A look at the Catholic Church's sex abuse scandals

Pope reduces sanctions against some paedophile priests

Lawsuit: Christian school covered up rape of 12-year-old boy 

(Downplayed and not reported)

Regensburg choir abuse victim: 'I have found my peace'

Australia reveals over 4,000 alleged incidents of abuse by Catholic priests

Pope defrocks pedophile priest who claimed abuse was old Jewish ritual 

(This one gets the sack)

Catholic priest caught driving 13-year-old girl to motel after paying 16-year-old pimp

Pedophile Priest With HIV who Raped 30 Children Forgiven by Church

Pedophile Bust: Largest Ever Child Porn Collection Found In Vatican

Vow of celibacy blamed for church child abuse

Pope Francis Allows Pedophile Priests to Forgive Their own 'Grave Sins' 

Vatican Church “Overrun With Pedophiles"

Police Raid Vatican’s Roman Empire-Style ‘Drug Fueled Gay Orgy’

Pope Francis ‘Punishes’ Pedo Priests With Prayers-Not-Prison Scheme

Lord Carey quits Church of England role after report found he 'colluded' with sex abuse bishop

Child sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church

Archbishop: Church of England 'colluded' to hide sex abuse

Church of England admits to hiding sex abuse of boys

Justin Welby asks George Carey to quit over church abuse report

Catholic Church Tells Bishops They Don’t Have To Report Pedophilia

Vatican: Priests ‘Not Responsible’ If They Rape Children

Pope Francis Absolves 2,000 Pedophile Priests – “No Arrests Necessary”

Pope’s clemency for pedophile priests under scrutiny following latest scandal

The Vatican, child sex crimes and how Australia is the great facilitator

Royal commission: Outrage over church's financial support for paedophile priests

Royal Commission: Vile extent of Catholic Church child sex abuse exposed in full

Catholic Church paid out $276m over child sexual abuse claims, royal commission hears

Royal commission into child sexual abuse: 1,880 alleged perpetrators identified in Catholic Church

Catholic Church schools and homes with the most child abuse claims revealed

Abuse survivors give voice to thousands

Child abuse in Anglican Church to be examined

Child sex abuse royal commission: Catholic canon law used to avoid dealing with paedophiles, priest says

Irish survivor Marie Collins's resignation from a papal commission on child protection exposes the Vatican

Catholic diocese in Minnesota files for bankruptcy over sex abuse

Catholic Church Files Bankruptcy After Guilty Verdict On 400 Child Abuse Cases

Highest proportion of Catholic priests accused of child sex abuse were in Diocese of Sale

Pedophile Church Minister Guilty of Disturbing Child Abuse With Needles

Uniting Church apologises to victims of sexual abuse, Jehovah's Witnesses defend treatment

​Year 2016

Newcastle’s ring of evil: abuse in Catholic, Anglican churches

Royal Commission: Hollingworth admits handling of abuse complaint misguided and wrong

Clear evidence' of Catholic Church cover-up over Father 'F': former DPP director

At least 231 children abused at Catholic boys' choir run by Pope Benedict's brother

Pope Francis 'told about alleged child rapist' two years before his arrest

Top French Cardinal Hid Scouts Pedophile Scandal

Secret archive of paedophile crime kept by Catholic Church's insurers

Pope Francis reveals new church law to deal with paedophile priests

Catholic Church 'knew' about crimes of paedophile priest but did nothing for four decades, court hears

Catholic Church spent millions providing for paedophile priests

'Evil was done,' Cardinal Pell admits to Australian abuse victims

Cardinal tells commission of extraordinary church 'world of crimes and cover-ups'

The Pedophile-Blind Cardinal Who Could Bring Down Pope Francis

Cardinal George Pell Admits Catholic Church Made 'Enormous Mistakes' With Paedophile Priests

Pedophile’s abuse not of much interest to me: George Pell

Cardinal Pell had evidence to act on paedophile priest, royal commission counsel say

Catholic Church ACQUITS Mexican priest who admitted raping 30 young girls even though he knew he was infected with HIV 

Catholic bishops not obliged to report clerical child abuse, Vatican says

Sex Abuse and the Catholic Church: Why Is It Still a Story?

What Pope Benedict Knew About Abuse in the Catholic Church

Royal commission hears horrifying evidence of child sexual abuse in Newcastle Anglican Diocese

Paedophile ring inside Newcastle Anglican Church exposed by whistleblowers

 

​Year 2015

Salvation army boys homes had widespread child sexual abuse: Royal Commission

Hillsong’s Brian Houston: My father, the child sex criminal

Former Polish archbishop, nuncio to stand trial for sex abuse of minors, child pornography

Jehovah's Witnesses in Australia hid 1,000 cases of child abuse

Child sexual abuse inquiry: Catholic Church did not understand paedophilia at the time of Gerald Ridsdale's offending

Australia church failed to report 1,000 child abusers:

Inquiry Ongoing child sex abuse in Catholic church casts shadow on pope's US visit

Dozens of historical Church of England child abuse allegations made

Child sexual abuse inquiry: Current MPs along with Catholic and Anglican churches to be investigated

Church admits failure over Portsmouth paedophile priest put children at risk

 

​Year 2014

Archbishop’s computer contained over 100,000 child porn files

Police chief, rabbi among 71 nabbed in child porn bust

Boys brutally abused for years at Christian Brothers homes

Boys caged, tethered, raped by Salvation Army officers and older boys at children's homes

Pope Francis: ‘One in 50’ Catholic priests, bishops and cardinals is a paedophile

‘Black Pope’ Pachon Resigns From Vatican After Child Abuse Charge

Hillsong founder says he did not contact police over paedophilia allegations against father

The Vatican Defrocked 848 Priests For Child Abuse in the Past 10 Years

Pope hits out at criticism of Church over sexual abuse

Royal Commission finds former Newcastle Anglican bishop did nothing about child abuse by priest

Royal commission on child sex abuse moves focus to Anglicans

St. Louis Archbishop Didn’t Know Sex With Children Was a Crime

Protecting paedophile priests goes back to canon law

Muslim community must address issue of street grooming, says Nazir Afzal

 

​Year 2013

Horrifying evidence from former orphans of North Coast Children's Home

Bishop of Chichester admits child abuse cover-up

Catholic church in UK faces child sex abuse quiz

 

​Year 2010

Pope Blames 1970s Society for Pedophile Priests

Catholic Church sex abuse scandals around the world

 

​Year 2004

Sex abuse claims bankrupt church

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