https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed UPDATED: Pope Francis on Sunday compared the sexual abuse of children to human sacrifice as he addressed the Catholic Church's top bishops at the end of a landmark summit to tackle paedophilia. https://www.thelocal.it/20190224/pope-francis-landmark-vatican-child-abuse-summit Sun, 24 Feb 2019 10:59:24 +0100 pope-francis-landmark-vatican-child-abuse-summit A top Catholic cardinal admitted on Saturday that Church files on priests who sexually abused children were destroyed or never even drawn up, a move which allowed paedophiles to prey on others. https://www.thelocal.it/20190223/cardinal-admits-church-files-on-paedophile-priests-destroyed Sat, 23 Feb 2019 12:07:40 +0100 cardinal-admits-church-files-on-paedophile-priests-destroyed Pope Francis gathers bishops from around the world at the Vatican this week for a hotly-awaited summit on tackling the wave of child sex abuse scandals assailing the Catholic Church. https://www.thelocal.it/20190217/world-bishops-head-to-vatican-for-sex-abuse-summit Sun, 17 Feb 2019 11:18:50 +0100 world-bishops-head-to-vatican-for-sex-abuse-summit The Vatican said on Saturday a monsignor who was a former advisor at its US embassy in Washington has been arrested on suspicion of watching child sex abuse. https://www.thelocal.it/20180408/vatican-arrests-ex-diplomat-in-child-sex-abuse-probe Sun, 08 Apr 2018 06:23:46 +0200 vatican-arrests-ex-diplomat-in-child-sex-abuse-probe The Vatican has removed the head of the Catholic Church in Guam from office after finding him guilty of sexual abuse. https://www.thelocal.it/20180317/vatican-removes-guam-bishop-for-sexual-abuse Sat, 17 Mar 2018 03:29:27 +0100 vatican-removes-guam-bishop-for-sexual-abuse The Vatican said on Saturday it has renewed its anti-paedophile panel as Pope Francis acts to quell the global scandal over the sexual abuse of children by priests. https://www.thelocal.it/20180217/vatican-revives-popes-sexual-abuse-panel Sat, 17 Feb 2018 18:00:58 +0100 vatican-revives-popes-sexual-abuse-panel A former paedophilia victim has left the Vatican advisory commission on sexual abuse by the clergy, the Vatican announced Saturday, two days after the British campaigner criticized the body in the press. https://www.thelocal.it/20160207/former-victim-leaves-vatican-child-sex-abuse-commission Sun, 07 Feb 2016 11:37:42 +0100 former-victim-leaves-vatican-child-sex-abuse-commission An Italian priest was immediately suspended from his church in the northern city of Trento on Tuesday after defending paedophilia during a live television interview, arguing that “children often seek affection”. https://www.thelocal.it/20151007/i-understand-paedophilia-not-gays-italian-priest Wed, 07 Oct 2015 11:37:33 +0200 i-understand-paedophilia-not-gays-italian-priest UPDATED: Josef Wesolowski, a former Polish archbishop who had been due to be first cleric tried in the Vatican for child sex abuse, was found dead on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150828/ex-archbishop-dies-ahead-of-vatican-paedophilia-trial Fri, 28 Aug 2015 12:28:09 +0200 ex-archbishop-dies-ahead-of-vatican-paedophilia-trial A former papal ambassador to the Dominican Republic will be tried for paedophilia next month in the first case of its kind to be brought before a Vatican court. https://www.thelocal.it/20150615/senior-cleric-to-go-on-trial-for-paedophilia Mon, 15 Jun 2015 14:46:07 +0200 senior-cleric-to-go-on-trial-for-paedophilia Anti-paedophile raids were underway on Thursday morning across Italy, with police carrying out search operations in 16 cities. https://www.thelocal.it/20150430/anti-paedophile-raids-in-16-italian-cities Thu, 30 Apr 2015 12:09:26 +0200 anti-paedophile-raids-in-16-italian-cities A man in Naples has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing his 11-year-old son, while also trying to sell encounters with the child to paedophiles online. https://www.thelocal.it/20150312/boy-abused-and-sold-for-sex-online-by-dad Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:18:01 +0100 boy-abused-and-sold-for-sex-online-by-dad A school teacher in north-west Italy is being investigated for sexually abusing pupils as young as ten, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20140804/teacher-in-pre-teen-sex-abuse-probe Mon, 04 Aug 2014 14:33:00 +0200 teacher-in-pre-teen-sex-abuse-probe A US-based support group for child abuse victims has hit back at Pope Francis for defending the Catholic Church's record on tackling paedophilia. https://www.thelocal.it/20140305/pope-has-done-nothing-that-protects-a-single-child Wed, 05 Mar 2014 17:12:00 +0100 pope-has-done-nothing-that-protects-a-single-child Pope Francis has defended the Church's record on tackling the sexual abuse of children by priests, saying in an interview published on Wednesday that "no-one else has done more" to root out paedophilia. https://www.thelocal.it/20140305/pope-no-one-has-done-more-than-church-against-paedophilia Wed, 05 Mar 2014 10:24:00 +0100 pope-no-one-has-done-more-than-church-against-paedophilia A catechist teacher at a Catholic boys school in the outskirts of Milan has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing boys in his care. https://www.thelocal.it/20140115/catholic-teacher-in-arrested-for-paedophilia Wed, 15 Jan 2014 10:44:00 +0100 catholic-teacher-in-arrested-for-paedophilia An Italian court has ordered a priest and his parish to pay €700,000 compensation after he allegedly spent years sexually abusing a girl. The ruling has been hailed as a first of its kind in Italy by the family’s lawyer. https://www.thelocal.it/20130829/priest-must-pay-700000-over-alleged-child-abuse Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:17:00 +0200 priest-must-pay-700000-over-alleged-child-abuse