https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Swiss Bishops' Conference on Wednesday pledged to make it mandatory to report sexual abuse of adults in the Catholic church, even without the victim's permission. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180906/reporting-of-adult-sex-abuse-to-be-mandatory-swiss-catholic-church Thu, 06 Sep 2018 08:58:55 +0200 reporting-of-adult-sex-abuse-to-be-mandatory-swiss-catholic-church The Catholic church in Switzerland has set up a new commission charged with awarding compensation to victims of historic sex abuse by Swiss priests. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170215/catholic-church-poised-to-compensate-victims-of-sex-abuse-by-swiss-priests Wed, 15 Feb 2017 10:12:15 +0100 catholic-church-poised-to-compensate-victims-of-sex-abuse-by-swiss-priests Twenty criminal investigations have been launched into sexual abuse allegations in Switzerland against Roman Catholic priests and laymen working for the church since 2010, a media report said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150526/most-sex-abuse-cases-against-priests-not-pursued-report Tue, 26 May 2015 10:03:22 +0200 most-sex-abuse-cases-against-priests-not-pursued-report A catholic priest in a traditional Swiss village under fire for blessing a lesbian couple has defended his actions and rejected calls from the church hierarchy for his resignation. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150211/village-backs-priest-over-lesbian-couple-blessing Wed, 11 Feb 2015 12:37:00 +0100 village-backs-priest-over-lesbian-couple-blessing A UN watchdog body on Friday urged the Vatican to live up to Pope Francis' pledge to stamp out child sex abuse by priests, calling on the Church to ensure violators face justice. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140523/un-body-urges-tougher-vatican-abuse-response Fri, 23 May 2014 17:09:14 +0200 un-body-urges-tougher-vatican-abuse-response Swiss police suspended the driver’s licence of the catholic bishop of Lugano after he was caught speeding at 160 kilometres an hour, the Italian-language state TV broadcaster RSI reported. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140129/police-nab-lugano-bishop-for-speeding Wed, 29 Jan 2014 13:14:00 +0100 police-nab-lugano-bishop-for-speeding The Glarus cantonal court has cleared a farmer of a 655-year-old obligation to pay for a sanctuary lamp at the Catholic church of Näfels. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130108/farmers-14th-century-church-debt-ruled-invalid Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:17:00 +0100 farmers-14th-century-church-debt-ruled-invalid Worshippers at two Catholic parishes in Lausanne are in shock after discovering their priest has admitted to stealing money from church coffers. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121218/priest-suspended-for-stealing-from-parishes Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:52:00 +0100 priest-suspended-for-stealing-from-parishes The Catholic diocese of Basel apologised on Wednesday after two studies showed how boys in its 15 reformatories in Canton Lucerne were systematically subjected to torture and sexual abuse over a forty year period. https://www.thelocal.ch/20120927/catholic-church-sorry-for-tortures-in-swiss-reformatories Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:09:00 +0200 catholic-church-sorry-for-tortures-in-swiss-reformatories