New and Noteworthy

Articles and Commentaries

• Former New Orleans priest held without bond after allegations of sex abuse by Erin Lowrey and Aubrey Killion WDSU News 

• Paedophile priest who used position to abuse children handed extended sentence by Cait Findlay Cambridge News 

• Allegations of sex abuse, misused church dollars against WA priest divide parish by Kelsey Turner and Daniel Walters InvestigateWest

• Letter from Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, on Father Ernest Tovar-Trejo, a priest of the Diocese of Tampico, by Office of the Archbishop Archdiocese of Chicago IL

• Statement Regarding Father Michael Ince’s Return to Ministry by Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis 

• Abuse victims still face ‘disturbing’ retaliation: Vatican commission by Agence France-Presse France 24 

• Delbarton school victim awarded $5 million in historic clergy sex abuse trial by Peter Senzamici  New York Post 

• Each recognised survivor of Church sexual abuse to receive 3,000 euros in additional support by Belga News Agency

• Five men receive £1.2m damages over priest abuse claims by RTE   

• Two appellate judges on the commission that will propose compensation to the victims in the Church by Portugal Pulse 

• German Church leaders to face scrutiny in Trier diocese report by Luke Coppen The Pillar 

• Protection of Minors: Second Report proposes restorative measures against abuse by Edoardo Giribaldi Vatican News

• Catholic Church Failing Clergy Abuse Victims, Vatican Child Protection Panel Says by Gary Gately The Catholic Observer

• Umbers returns to ministry, abuse claim ‘not sustained’ by The Pillar

• Ex-Catholic priest who served in 2 Louisiana governors’ admins accused of raping physically disabled, autistic child by Caitlin McCormack New York Post

• Pope meets Peru cardinal who’s defied restrictions due to abuse allegation by Elise Ann Allen Crux 

• Former Catholic priest Dennis Finbow child abuse sentencing by Ben Jolley The Huns Post 

• Saskatoon priest receives 8-month prison sentence after sexual assault conviction by Payton Zillich Global News

• Diocese of Lincoln limits priest’s duties after accusation of sexual assault by NOW KOLN-KGIN 

• Mayor Koch’s statement that the clergy sexual abuse crisis “was mostly homosexual issues,” was wrong on its face.  Pedophiles, and not homosexuals or heterosexuals, abuse children. by Hope and Healing for Survivors of Sexual Abuse 

• Delbarton school victim awarded $5 million in historic clergy sex abuse trial by Peter Senzamici New York Post 

• Big Payout In NJ Catholic School’s Historic Sex Abuse Trial, Report Says by Jack Slocum Patch 

• Work ongoing to secure redress for historical institutional abuse survivors by Rebecca Black  The Royce Report

• Letter to the Editor: Notre Dame has failed sex abuse victims by The Observer 

• Expert says Pope’s Crux interview reflects ‘authenticity’ in dealing with sex abuse by John L. Allen Jr. Crux