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 ...

VATICAN CITY, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Italy's Catholic Church on Thursday released its first report on alleged sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable individuals but victims' advocates said the number ...

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 ...

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 ...

ROME – Church leaders in Italy have called life a gift and have urged greater closeness to the sick and suffering after the death on Thursday of Federico Carboni, the first person in the country ...

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 ...