A CATHOLIC adoption society has won a High Court battle over laws forcing it to consider gay couples as parents, according to a BBC report today.
Leeds-based Catholic Care had warned it would be forced to give up its work finding homes for children if it had to comply with the [...]
AN 82-year-old Catholic priest, father Marques Barbosa, became an unwitting porn star when he was shown on Brazilian TV last week having sex with a 19-year-old altar boy.
He was the “star turn” in a report on the SBT TV programme Conexao Reporter which also included charges by three former altar boys that they had [...]
GIVEN the Roman Catholic’s despicable history of child abuse in Ireland, one would think that Church representatives would now be cowering shame-faced in a corner, and doing all they can to avoid drawing attention to themselves.
But no. Right now they’re all full of piss and vinegar over Ireland’s Civil Partnership bill which three RC bishops [...]
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THE Holy See has a chief exorcist – but he’s crap at his job.
Why? Because, if he were any good, he would by now have captured Beelzebub in a bottle, and sold him for mega-bucks on eBay, or some other online auction site.
In what amounts to a major admission of failure, the demented old spook-chaser [...]
DUTCH Catholic bishops have ordered an independent inquiry into alleged sexual abuse of children by priests. The investigation, according to the BBC, would be launched “as soon as possible” into more than 200 reported cases of abuse.
Earlier, the Vatican defended its response to child sex abuse allegations in a number [...]
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TWO South Australian Anglican bishops have brought formal charges of disgraceful and scandalous behaviour against a third.
Charges, according to this report, include Bishop Ross Davies’ alleged protection and promotion of a senior priest accused of sexual abuse. Other charges include repeated displays of anger, involving threatening and abusive language.
In a nine-count charge lodged with the [...]
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