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  • It documented a catalog of errors in the church's suppression of information on 19 suspected child-abusing priests, only one of whom is currently facing criminal charges.

    Ireland unveils new report on Catholic child abuse 2011

  • It documented a catalog of errors in the church's suppression of information on 19 suspected child-abusing priests, only one of whom is currently facing criminal charges.

    Ireland unveils new report on Catholic child abuse 2011

  • From child-abusing priests to televangelist con artists, such violations of both the office of ministry and of the trust of those we serve is easy to name.

    Christian Piatt: When Preachers Become False Prophets Christian Piatt 2011

  • He was accused of shielding child-abusing priests from prosecution in his southwest Irish diocese of Cloyn.

    Bishops Who Have Resigned 2010

  • He was mentioned -- though not explicitly criticized -- in the Murphy report, an Irish government-ordered investigation into decades of cover-ups of child-abusing clergy in the Dublin archdiocese.

    Bishops Who Have Resigned 2010

  • I have been reminded of this incident while reading the slew of recent media reports chronicling, yet again, how the Church hierarchy, including the now Pope, failed to take firm and effective action against child-abusing priests.

    The Catholic Church on the "Perils" of Same-Sex Marriage: Hypocrisy? 2010

  • I have been reminded of this incident while reading the slew of recent media reports chronicling, yet again, how the Church hierarchy, including the now Pope, failed to take firm and effective action against child-abusing priests.

    Carlos A. Ball: The Catholic Church on the "Perils" of Same-Sex Marriage: Hypocrisy? 2010

  • An investigation last year revealed that church leaders in Dublin had spent decades protecting child-abusing priests from the law while many fellow clerics turned a blind eye.

    Pope Meets With Irish Bishops 2010

  • Bishop Field was identified last year in the Murphy report -- an Irish government-ordered investigation into decades of cover-ups of child-abusing clergy in the Dublin archdiocese.

    Bishops Who Have Resigned 2010

  • Bishop Walsh was identified last year in the Murphy report -- an Irish government-ordered investigation into decades of cover-ups of child-abusing clergy in the Dublin archdiocese.

    Bishops Who Have Resigned 2010

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