CATHOLIC Church authorities in the Dublin Archdiocese covered up allegations of child sexual abuse over many years in order to avoid scandal and to protect the good name and assets of the institution, the Murphy Commission has concluded.
In a 720-page report, the Commission said the structure and rules of the Catholic Church had facilitated the failure of senior bishops to pass on details of such allegations to gardaí. Read more »
The Supreme Court Wednesday admitted yet another plea for according a Scheduled Caste status to Dalits embracing Christianity, entitling them to quota in state jobs and educational institutions. Read more »
Margao (Goa): Even as church bells rang in the liturgical celebrations to mark Christmas, the sparkling star, signaling the birth of Jesus Christ, lit up a few Hindu temples in the commercial town of Margao. Read more »
During past few weeks there has been lot of discussion on Rangnath Mishra report on the minority. The Poor Christians Liberation Movement (PCLM) urges the Church leadership to issue a white paper on the status of the ‘converted Christians’ in India and not totally depend on the government. Read more »
Bidar (Karnataka): The police on Thursday arrested five persons, including a pastor, in the church attack case reported in Humnabad a month ago. Read more »
A Brazilian missionary has been accused of religious conversion of school children by fraudulently means at Faridabad in Haryana. The parents of the children told that they were unaware of their children being adopted by the missionary. Read more »
Eighty files are to be sent to the Republic’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) by a garda team investigating fresh complaints of clerical child abuse.The complaints were made after publication in May of the Ryan report, which detailed horrific physical and sexual abuse perpetrated by members of religious orders. Read more »
Bhubaneshwar (Orissa): Maoists might have killed VHP leader Laxamananda Saraswati for securing support of the minority Christians and expand their network in Orissa’s Kandhamal district, he Commission probing the murder was informed here on Thursday. Read more »
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