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Report Reveals Mega Sexual Violence in St. John Order
A report reveals 72 priests and 6 nuns from the Community of St. John sexually abused 30 nuns, 69 laywomen, 29 minors, 17 brothers, and 10 boys under 15 years old. The report acknowledges the order's founder, Fr. Marie-Dominique Philippe, as a central figure in the abuse. Read more
Russian Artist Accuses Jesuit Predator of Plagiarism
Russian artist Alexander Kornoukhov accuses Jesuit abuser Fr. Marko Ivan Rupnik of vandalizing his work and stealing credit for mosaics in Pope Francis' Redemptoris Mater Chapel. Kornoukhov explains Rupnik's conspiracy to cancel the artist's contract. Read more
Fransalians Cover Up Priests With Nun, Teacher Porn
Senior priests who photographed pornographic pictures of nuns and teachers have faced no public discipline from the top brass of the Fransalian congregation, despite directions from Pope Francis' top cardinal advisor. The warning from Cdl. Oswald Gracias, president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India, to the superior general of the Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales follows a Church Militant exposé on a deluge of clerical sex scandals flooding the religious order. Read more
Chief Polish Bishop Issues Warning to Pro-Abort Politicians
The head of the Polish Episcopal Conference has come out clear as a bell against abortion and the politicians who support it, reinforcing Church teaching for the faithful around the world. At the annual March for Life and Family in Warsaw on Sunday, KEP President Abp. Stanisław Gądecki, reconfirmed the sacredness of human life, spelling out the consequences for Polish politicians who don't respect it. His comments come as many politicians — many of them practicing Catholics — are expressing support for ending the country's near-total ban on abortion. Read more
Sr. Lúcia Moves Closer to Sainthood
Pope Francis is advancing Sr. Lúcia de Jesus Rosa dos Santos, known widely among Catholics as Sr. Lucy, further along the path to sainthood. She is recognized for being one of the three shepherd children who saw and communicated with the Blessed Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal, in 1917. Read more
Pope’s Deputy Refuses to Link Sex Abuse to Gay Priests
Pope Francis' second-in-command has categorically ruled out any correlation between homosexual priests and clerical sex abuse, despite substantive academic evidence to the contrary. The Vatican's secretary of state, Cdl. Pietro Parolin, dismissed links between gay clergy and sex abuse as a "serious and scientifically untenable association," in a preface to a new book titled Il Dolore della Chiesa di Fronte agli Abusi (The Pain of the Church in the Face of Abuse). Read more
Trek To The Ancient Site of Our Lady of Walsingham
Record numbers of pilgrims are expected in August for a three-day journey to England's historic Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. As they have since 2009, pilgrims will be walking the roughly 60 miles from the town of Ely to Walsingham, northeast of London near the North Sea. Their journey will conclude with Holy Mass in Walsingham's Chapel of Reconciliation. Read more
French Bishop Shielded Priest Who Abused 90 Women
Victims of clerical sex abuse have accused a French bishop of protecting a predator priest who sexually abused 90 women and adolescent girls at a religious community in the northwest of France. Hervé Gosselin, the bishop of Angoulême, was in charge of the Foyer de Charité de Tressaint community, which is based at the retreat center in Dinan, Brittany. It was during his tenure that the serial sexual abuse committed by Fr. André-Marie Van der Borght was brought to his attention. Read more
Women Process With Monstrance, Sparking Scandal
Female pastoral workers in a German parish are triggering outrage among faithful Catholics after the women processed with the Blessed Sacrament on the feast of Corpus Christi. Marita Franzen and Sandra Ostermann, who hold the position of pastoral officer (Gemeindereferentin) in the Catholic parish of St. Joseph and St. Medardus, Lüdenscheid, were photographed carrying the sacred monstrance in violation of canon law. Read more
Loyalists Attack Jesuits for ‘Lynching’ Abuser Artist
Die-hard loyalists and colleagues of a celebrity artist who has been accused of sexually abusing more than 25 nuns are condemning the Society of Jesus for expelling the predator priest. On Saturday, two days after the Jesuits announced the expulsion of Fr. Marko Ivan Rupnik, the Centro Aletti published a strong statement defending the serial abuser who cofounded the Rome-based art studio and community for Christian artists. Read more
Cops Investigate French Bishop for Homosexual Rape
A French bishop and former superior general of the Paris Foreign Missions has asked Pope Francis to relieve him of episcopal duties while he is being investigated for attempted rape. Bishop Georges Colomb, of the diocese of La Rochelle and Saintes in southwestern France, is accused of attempting in 2013 to sodomize a Catholic adult known only as "Nicolas" while giving him a massage in the priest's apartment at the mission's headquarters in Paris. Read more
Francis Jokes With Surgeon After Three-Hour Operation
Dr. Sergio Alfieri, who operated on Pope Francis, assured the media on Wednesday evening that the Holy Father "will be able to lead a normal life" following a three-hour operation for an incarcerated incisional hernia. At a historic press conference after the procedure, Alfieri said Francis had a "benign disease" and "has no other diseases." Read more
Church Protests Play Exposing Sexual Affairs of Nuns
Kerala's Catholic Church wants a play about convent abuse and nuns as lesbians and priests' lovers banned. Sister Vandana Daisy of the Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate remarked that "Kakkukali" shows the Church "taking advantage of poverty to recruit girls to convents and deploy them for free labor." Read more
Pope Showcases Jesuit Abuser’s Art in Video on Mary
Pope Francis is displaying the artwork of Fr. Marko Ivan Rupnik, a personal friend and fellow Jesuit who has been accused of sexually assaulting around 25 religious sisters. Despite calls from victims of sexual abuse for the predator priest's mosaic artworks to be removed from cathedrals and churches, Francis used a Rupnik symbol of Mary to offer papal congratulations to the XVI Marian Congress in Aparecida, Brazil, in a brief video address. Read more
