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Design of memorial to honour abuse victims finally approved
A national memorial for victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse will be built in Canberra after the Albanese Government selected a new design. Source: Canberra Times.
Melbourne holds first Service of Lament
Melbourne Archdiocese held its inaugural Prayer Service of Lament, with abuse survivors, their families, and the wider Catholic community joining archdiocesan clergy and lay leaders in recognising the deep suffering of survivors within the Church. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Pope holds long meeting with Belgian abuse survivors
Pope Leo XIV has spent close to three hours listening to and praying with 15 Belgians who had survived clerical sexual abuse as children. Source: OSV News.
Pope meets survivors of abuse and victims’ advocates
Pope Leo XIV met with a coalition of survivors of abuse and victims’ advocates for the first time at the Vatican yesterday. Source: CNS.
Vatican group defining crime of spiritual abuse ‘making good progress’
A group working to define and classify the crime of spiritual abuse in Canon Law is making progress, with its leader confirmed despite being transferred to another department. Source: Crux.
Vatican formally nominates judges in Fr Rupnik trial
The Vatican has formally nominated the panel of judges that will form the tribunal in the canonical trial against Slovenian Fr Marko Rupnik on charges of spiritual and sexual abuse. Source: OSV News.
Together on path of repentance
Catholic Religious Australia has published a prayer resource as religious communities across Australia prepare to unite in prayer on the National Day of Sorrow and Promise on Sunday for victims and survivors of sexual abuse.
Legionaries head says Maciel documentary a ‘cathartic’ experience
A new documentary on the life and crimes of Fr Marcial Maciel Degollado was another chance for Legionaries of Christ and Regnum Christi members to confront the truth of their founder’s dark past, the congregation’s general director says. Source: OSV News.
Churches in Victoria to be held vicariously liable for abuse
Churches will be held vicariously liable for abuse committed by their priests under new Victorian laws to be introduced to the state’s Parliament by the end of the year. Source: ABC News.