Josh Shapiro

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In an effort to deal with the sex scandals rocking The Roman Catholic Church , the Pope has convened an extraordinary summit of bishops in Rome.

This follows his recent, spontaneous, confession, that The Priest exploited nuns to as a "sex slave" in a monastery in France.

Pope Francis decided, this global conference after talks with the so-called C9. This is The Group of nine cardinal-advisers, who were appointed, soon after Francis was elected.

The Pope is under considerable pressure, to the leadership and generate viable solutions to what is The Most urgent crisis in the modern Church.

the stories of abuse in every corner of The World . And The Church has been accused of the cover-up of crimes committed by priests, to leave their moral authority in tatters torn.

Pope Francis also needs to confront the assumptions, attitudes, and practices, which have allowed to flourish in a culture of abuse. The extent of this challenge can be overwhelming.

Journalist Jason Berry was one of The First people to make that the extent of the abuse in The Church to The Summit of the presidents of national bishops ' conferences from More Than 130 countries, is only the beginning of an experiment, a disease that was poisoning The Church at least since the 1980s.

When Jason Berry , a local newspaper reporter in the U.S. state of Louisiana, began the following story of an abusive priest named Father Gilbert Gauthe, he had not expected his work to ignite an international scandal, which is still in flames More Than 30 years later.

Mr Berry ' s work led to the 1992 book lead Us Not Into temptation, based on civil-legal acts, which The Church had with several accusers against the end of the 1980s.

In 2002, Mr. Berry's work was followed by a study of the Boston Globe newspaper that, if a more detailed narrative of the clergy abuse and cover-up. The journalists won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize , and her work was dramatized in the film the Spotlight .

The Work of The Boston Globe's Michael Rezendes , (left), Walter V Robinson, and Sacha Pfeiffer (right), led to The Academy Award-winning film spotlights The Scandals again and again.

Look at six of The Eight Roman Catholic dioceses in The State of Pennsylvania, the goods that are the subject of control in The Last year.

The State 's attorney, Josh Shapiro , pre-charged and checked half a million diocesan internal documents. Dozens of witnesses, evidence, admitted some clergy gave to their crimes. Mr. Shapiro report, published in December, was devastating.

"More Than 1,000 child victims were visible from The Church 's own albums," he wrote, with "credible accusations made against over 300 predator-priests".

The Report , which includes More Than 1,000 pages long, The Last 70 years - and the examples are terrible.

In the diocese of Scranton, a priest and a girl was raped, and when she was arranged to get pregnant, for an abortion. The Priest , the line manager, the written his or her area of Bishop a letter.

"This is a very difficult time in your life, and I realize how excited you are," he wrote. "I share your grief. "

The Letter was not to The Girl , but The Priest .

In another diocese, a priest visited a seven-year-old girl in the hospital, after they had been through a tonsillectomy and raped her.

In another, a priest abused a nine-year-old, And Then rinsed, to clean the young into the mouth with the Holy water, "the him".

The Report comes to the conclusion that predatory pedophiles have been able, to Child Abuse , because The Church hid their activities by moving the accused cleric, the other municipalities and not reporting their crimes to The Police .

rape claimsThe Rt Rev Franco Mulakkal rose was from the small town in Kerala, India, south-west coast, a Bishop in the North of the country.

He was arrested for rape in September 2018, the following allegations of a nun, which he attended regularly, their monastery to them. The Bishop, who has temporarily refused to Stand down from the Ministry, has all the charges, told reporters the allegations are "unfounded and invented".

Catholic nuns in Kerala, India, are calling for the arrest of the Rt Rev Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar, on charges of rape In a letter, written by The Nun to her superiors, she claimed that The First rape happened in may 2014 and The Last in September 2016.

In January, The Nuns appealed to the Chief Minister of Kerala, on your behalf to intervene, according to The Church officials allegedly ordered them to leave The State in an effort to clean up The Mess .

nuns have complained that they are exploited because they are often dependent on priests and bishops for their property and fear of abandonment, if you fight back against abusive clergy.

In Malawi, where HIV prevalence among adults up to the age of 64 years is More Than 10%, The Nuns are also allegedly targeted because they are considered "pure" and much less likely to be carrying The Virus .

'Never Again ' pledgeIn 2012, announced the Australian government, a Commission was appointed to investigate institutional responses to Child Abuse . The participating organisations, including residential care centres for Young People , schools, sports, art and other groups in society and The Church .

The Commission to the conclusion that 7% of the Australian Roman Catholic priests had allegedly abused children between 1950 and 2010.

In a religious order, the St. John of God brothers, 40% of their leaders have been accused of Child Abuse .

Chrissie Foster, The Mother of Two Children who have been abused by a priest in Melbourne, complained to The Authorities . She told Bbc News that instead of their concerns, The Family , a whispering campaign was on the subject.

"you said that we are liars, we said after the money," She Said .

"This is, what would you say to members of the community. And the members of the community of faith, that [it is] because who would believe that a priest raping a child? It was much easier To Believe the lie that the priests were considered to be The Truth , the sexual abuse of children. "

In August 2018, the Catholic Church in Australia published a Roman-his formal response to The Commission .

Chrissie Foster is The Mother of Two Children who have been abused by a priest in Melbourne, Australia, Archbishop The Most Reverend Mark Coleridge , the President of the Australian bishops ' conference, that "a lot had to many" priests, religious and lay people in The Church in Australia, "could not protect in their duty, and to honor the dignity of all, including and especially The Most vulnerable, Our Children and our Young People ".

"With one voice, bishops and leaders of religious orders, the make here This Morning , the promise of "Never Again ," he says.

'Appalling abuse'Last summer, the UK's Independent investigation on Sexual abuse released a report on Two of The Most prestigious Roman Catholic schools in the UK: Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire , and Downside School in Somerset.

According to The Report , the schools "has been added to The Monks and their own reputation above the protection of children" and "appalling abuse of the course over the decades On Children as young as seven in Ampleforth and 11 at a disadvantage".

The Inquiry heard testimonies of those who were forced into sexual acts, sometimes in The Presence of the other students.

In conclusion, the not found report that "many perpetrators hide their sexual interests of children".

"illustrates The blatant openness of these activities, there was a culture of acceptance, involve abusive conduct," it said.

according to the publication, Ampleforth, said the "Abbey and college to repeat desires, your heartfelt apology to all victims and survivors of abuse".

disadvantage expressed similar regret, said: "The Abbey and the school fully confirmed the serious weaknesses and mistakes, both for the protection of those who respond in our care and protection concerns. "

Downside Abbey and school, apologized for the failure of their pupils and students For an organization, the More Than 1. 2 billion followers, and is today in virtually every country on earth, the focus is now firmly on Pope Francis .

When he was elected, in March 2013, the Pope, the impact of the clerical abuse scandals in The Church was aware of.

Within a year, In July 2014, he met with six victims from three countries - Two People from Ireland, the UK and Germany. At a private mass with six victims in the Assembly, he offered an explicit apology.

"Before God and his people I Express my sorrow for The Sins and grave crimes of clerical sexual abuse, said against you," Pope Francis , in his sermon, later published by the Vatican.

A demonstration in the vicinity of the Vatican in support of The Victims of paedophile priests, But how it ends, is likely to vary depending on the effect he needs and the protocols that it implements, to The Scourge of abuse.

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