TEHRAN, Feb 22 - High-ranking Vatican officials have gathered in Rome for a four-day summit on the sexual abuse crisis which the Roman Catholic Church has been grappling with.
TEHRAN, Feb 17 - Pope Francis has summoned key bishops from across the globe to a summit at the Vatican this week to address sexual abuse of children in the Church.
TEHRAN, May 19 - All 34 bishops in Chile have submitted their resignations to Pope Francis over an infamous child sex scandal and cover-up, asking for forgiveness from victims and the Roman Catholic Church for their “grave error and omissions.”
TEHRAN, May 1 - An Australian court has ruled that the Vatican’s finance chief, Cardinal George Pell, stand trial on historical sex offenses, making him the highest-ranking Catholic priest ever to be indicted on such charges.
TEHRAN, January 16 - Pope Francis on Tuesday begged the forgiveness of Chileans for the "irreparable damage" done to children who were sexually abused by priests.
Victims of child sex abuse in the US state of New York say their fight for justice has been stalled by the political apparatus of the state’s Roman Catholic Church.