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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Italian Church Probe Reveals Scores of Abuse Cases in a Single Diocese By Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) -Dozens of sex abuse cases committed by members of the clergy over six decades emerged on ...

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 ...