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The case took its course when the woman introduced herself to the clergyman in a church in Feltre under the name "Anna". According to the case reports of the Corriere delle Alpi and the Alto Adige, the priest said that the woman initially claimed to be only 16 years old and to be in a precarious situation. "I felt sorry for her and took her situation to heart," the clergyman explained at the trial on Tuesday. However, from the initial pastoral c…
Catholic priests say charging them with sexual abuse violates their religious freedom – BishopAccountability.org
Two Minnesota cases expose how clergy power dynamics—and victim-blaming tactics—are colliding with secular law Last year, a Catholic priest from the St. Cloud Diocese in Minnesota was charged with “sexually abusing, physically assaulting and threatening a woman to whom he had given spiritual guidance.” A woman said Father Joseph Herzing had counseled her over a period of several years beginning in 2018, and that relationship soon turned sexual… …
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