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In this image made from video, Archbishop Philip Wilson, center, heads to Newcastle Local Court, north of Sydney, Australia Tuesday, May 22, 2018. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP)
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Australian archbishop faces prison time for failure to report child sex abuse
Gerard O’Connell
Philip Wilson was found guilty of failing to inform police about allegations of the sexual abuse of minors by a priest in the 1970s.
Pope Francis arrives in procession with other bishops during Mass at the Maquehue Airport near Temuco, Chile, Jan. 17. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithVatican Dispatch
In private letter, Pope Francis told Chilean bishops their church’s “sin became the center of attention”
Gerard O’Connell
In the 10-page text, Francis presented a searing diagnosis of what had transformed this once prophetic and esteemed church in Latin America to one of the least respected.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Cautious hope from victims and advocates following resignation of Chile’s bishops
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Bishops in Chile announced mass resignations on Friday, May 18, after an emergency summit meeting with Pope Francis.
Pope Francis poses for a photo with Chilean bishops at the Vatican May 17. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Pope Francis concludes three-day summit with Chilean bishops
Gerard O’Connell
“History is being made. We are at a particular moment for the universal church, not only for Chile,” one monsignor said.
FaithNews
Sex trafficking is ‘rooted in structure of society,’ says nun
Kurt Jensen - Catholic News Service
The fight against human trafficking and sexual exploitation may need its own #MeToo moment.
Auxiliary Bishop Fernando Ramos Perez of Santiago, Chile, and Bishop Juan Ignacio Gonzalez Errazuriz of San Bernardo, Chile, lead a press conference at the Vatican May 14. Pope Francis is meeting this week with Chile's bishops in the wake of a clerical sex abuse crisis. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Chilean bishops: We have come to Rome in ‘pain and shame’
Gerard O’Connell
In their first meeting, Pope Francis provided the bishops with texts to pray and meditate on.
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