The first comprehensive internal inquiry on sex abuse allegations by a religious order in Spain has identified 81 children and 37 adult victims by 96 Jesuits since the late 1920s.
Scholars and others spoke with NCR about Polish alienation from the church, related to the hierarchy's alliance with the authoritarian ruling party, attacks on the LGBTQ community, and clergy sex abuse.
Fr. Orazio Caputo's situation is complicated — while the priest is accused by Italian prosecutors of aiding and abetting a criminal conspiracy, the church has also charged him with allegedly violating the confidence assumed in the sacrament of confession. According to canon law, such a violation may result in excommunication.
Australia's financial crime watchdog agency said it over-estimated by the equivalent of more than U.S. $1.5 billion the amount of money transferred from the Vatican to Australia between 2014 and 2020.
