Tag: Priests
‘No Belgian church escaped sex abuse’, finds investigation
By Bruno Waterfield September 11, 2010.
Print: The Telegraph
A commission set up to investigate sexual abuse in the Belgian Catholic Church found pervasive abuse involving over 500 victims.
Ireland’s sons turn their backs on the priesthood
Jerome Taylor, Religious Affairs Correspondent August 27, 2010.
Print: The Independent, UK
The number of priestly ordinations in Ireland has dipped below England and Wales for the first time in living memory, new figures reveal.
The recruitment crisis is a clear indication of how low the church has sunk in a country that once used to export Catholic missionaries to all corners of the globe and often provided Britain with a significant proportion of its priests.
The Vatican and Women: Casting the First Stone
Tim Padgett July 19, 2010.
Time
A TIME correspondent—and Catholic—examines his church’s criminalization of attempts to ordain women as priests
Why Priests Hire Male Prostitutes
Mike Jones July 18, 2010.
Print: The Daily Beast
A pastor is accused of stealing $1 million from his church to hire male escorts. Mike Jones, the escort who outed Ted Haggard, on what really happens when priests visit gay prostitutes.
