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Local headlines for Friday, June 17, 2022

Advocates for clerical abuse victims, led by the head of Rete l’Abuso (The Abuse Network), protested outside the Vatican embassy in Italy, to seek an independent inquiry into the sexual abuse of minors by Italian priests.

The new president of the Italian Conference of Bishops on Friday said he would launch an independent inquiry on sex abuse by Catholic clergy in Italy, but the announcement disappointed victims advocates because it will only go back 20 years. The Italian church is coming under mountain pressure to confront its legacy of clerical sexual…

By Philip Pullella

ROME, Italy (AFP)— The new head of Italy's Catholic Church announced Friday a study into clerical child sex abuse over the last 20 years, but survivors said it fell short of an independent inquiry. P...

Italy's Catholic church on Wednesday insisted a study on clerical child sex abuse following confirmed crimes in Italy from 2000 to 2021

Italys Catholic bishops said on Friday they would commission a report on clerical sexual abuse in the past two years and a separate analysis going back to 2000, disappointing victims who wanted a thorough investigation going back many decades. Earlier on Friday, victim groups held a small protest near the Vatican embassy to Italy, at […]

The Italian Bishops’ Conference on Friday presented its plan to investigate clerical abuse, but critics say it is insufficient and disappointing.

Anti-abuse activists on Friday demonstrated near the Vatican embassy to Italy to demand action into sexual abuse in the Italian Catholic Church, amid ongoing discussion on how such an investigation should be organised.

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Catholic bishops said on Friday they would commission a report on clerical sexual abuse in the past two years and a separate analysis going back to 2000, disappointing victims who wanted a thorough investigation going back many decades.