He noted that lay abusers often find it easier to access potential victims in Italy’s vast church-run volunteer programs since background checks are less stringent. Monsignor Lorenzo Ghizzoni ...

ASSISI, Italy (AP) — With the upcoming canonization of its first millennial saint, the Catholic Church has turned to ... small parts of their body or clothing that are authenticated by ...

which only covered complaints that local Italian church authorities had received over the last two years, did not mention the hundreds of cases. It identified 89 presumed victims and some 68 ...

Catholic Church is still trying to manage a tide of revelations about paedophile priests An Italian support group for victims of clerical sex abuse launched a network Friday to help affected ...

In the 1950s American Catholics were eager to adopt thousands of Italian ... t have clothes for us," Relotto said. "She was in a desperate situation, you know? So, instead of the Church helping ...

The Catholic Church worldwide is still trying to manage a tide of revelations about paedophile priests going back decades. But campaigners say Italy, where the Vatican still holds considerable ...