Speaker: David Tombs, Howard Paterson Chair of Theology and Public Issues, University of Otago, New Zealand The Webinar led by David Tombs will explore theological approaches to safeguarding through r...

Organisation cites abuse, including rape of male detainees, by security forces of governments which have blocked UN investigators

The life and death of a dog in a Brazilian cemetery tells a wider story  David Tombs writes. Josh Billings, a contemporary of Mark Twain, once said...

El libro se centra en América Latina, la región con mayor número de católicos en el mundo, y muestra cómo los abusos cometidos dentro de la Iglesia Católica forman parte de una problemática global que...

When 50 men went on trial in France, accused of raping a woman who had been drugged by her husband, Manon Garcia was in the courtroom – and in the prosecutors’ closing arguments. How does she make sen...

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In her first public address, Nga wai hono i te po spoke of unity and said Māori must ‘walk a new path’

The year 2025 marks 40 years since the launch of “Brasil: Nunca Mais” (Brazil: Never Again) a book in which episodes of torture under the military dictatorship in Brazil between 1964 and 1979 are docu...

<!-- wp:paragraph --> Today's post is by Barbara Thiede. Barbara is the editor of a forthcoming book with the title Rape Culture and the Bible: Scholars Reflect (Routledge Focus). The

This chapter begins with a call for churches to resist tokenism and to address abuse in Christian communities seriously and concertedly. From there, it focuses

Three months after the formal suppression of all branches of a Peru-based lay group, victims are both celebrating some significant victories, while also lamenting the slow pace of ecclesial justice.

Six months after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government in Syria, survivors of its brutal detention system, including the infamous Saydnaya military prison, are grappling with devastating physical a...

Women religious need proactive and effective support from their superiors, safe spaces for reporting allegations and training in safeguarding from the very start of their formation, said Sister Nirmal...

Young, progressive and relatable, the former prime minister of New Zealand tried to do politics differently. But six years into power, she dramatically resigned. In an exclusive interview with the Gua...

In the face of histories of abuse and cover-up by the Church, a Catholic nun in Zambia has challenged Church leaders to stem the tide of abuse against women religious wherever and whenever it happens.

Former members of a now-suppressed, scandal-plagued Peruvian lay group and peasants who claim to have been routinely harassed by them have for the first time issued a joint call for justice, reparatio...

Nordic churches—including the those in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland and Finland—have released statements calling for restoring the ceasefire between Israel and Palestine, releasing hostages, deliv...

Dr. Rocio Figueroa, a Peruvian theologian from Te Kupenga Theological College, shares her thoughts on our new Pope in this interview with BBC News.

Comment from the University of Otago: Pope Leo XIV's moral and pastoral concern has consistently been on the unity of the Christian church, and the obligation to help any human being in need

When Greg Thompson became bishop of Newcastle, he refused to turn a blind eye to the decades-long child sex abuse scandals in the diocese. For him, it was personal. He was himself a sexual abuse survi...

Survivors of clerical abuse, experts in child protection and victim advocacy groups have collectively decried the presence of a Peruvian cardinal accused of and punished for abusing a minor during pre...

Mounting stories of ‘forced disappearances’ of Venezuelans in the US have left their loved ones distraught and disbelieving

Roman crucifixions sought to degrade and dehumanise their victims in ways that destroyed their dignity and stigmatised their memory. Paul speaks of the cross as

This way of looking at the cross brings comfort to survivors of abuse, writes Mark Stibbe

On Monday the Peru-based Sodalitium Christiane Vitae (SCV) announced its formal suppression, bringing to an end a decade-long saga.

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