Warning over ‘reputational risk’ damage from Church abuse scandals

Keep fighting clergy abuse, say Irish church leaders

Orphans of the Church

In a country where nearly everyone says they believe in God, why are our churches half-empty?According to last year’s State of the Nation survey, a striking 89 per cent of Maltese people say they believe in God or some higher power. Yet, data from Malta’s archdiocese suggests that fewer than 40 per cent of the...

'The whole thing is disgusting': Former students abused in Eastminster Presbyterian Church youth program speak out

Though they're now grown, Stuart and Warren are two of the 23 children Weiss is accused of sexually abusing during the 1990s and early 2000s.

A pending element of tackling the abuse crisis: transparency

Cardinal Seán O'Malley, longtime president of the Pontifical Commission of the Protection of Minors, sees transparency as a priority for the church today.

Report: Former church official accused of sexually abusing 23 students

By KAKE News Staff Click here for updates on this story     WICHITA, Kansas (KAKE) — A Wichita church says its former director of student ministries sexually abused nearly two dozen former students during the 1990s and early 2000s. Eastminster Presbyterian Church, located at 1958 North Webb Road, said in a statement that the allegations against Bodie Weiss were brought to the church last July. “In response, to these allegations Eastminster’s Ses…

Abuse scandals throw Church of England into staffing crisis

Reputation risk ‘at an elevated level’ in wake of John Smyth case and historical safeguarding failures, says report