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Full canonical penal process may be opened against Spanish bishop accused of sexual abuse
3+ hour, 39+ min ago (709+ words) The Cathedral of the Holy Cross over the Waters in C'diz, Spain. (Credit: Wikimedia.) A preliminary investigation by the Roman Rota into the allegations against a Spanish bishop accused of sexual abuse of a minor has recommended that the Vatican…...
Polish bishop on trial over alleged delays in reporting claims of child abuse by priests
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (387+ words) The Jasna Gora Monastery, Poland's most revered Catholic shrine, is seen at sunset in Czestochowa, Poland, Sept. 23, 2023. (Credit: Michal Dyjuk/AP.) WARSAW, Poland " A Polish bishop went on trial Wednesday, accused of not informing authorities immediately about alleged sexual abuse…...
Priest arrested during pensioners protest in Argentina
1+ week, 3+ day ago (766+ words) Padre Paco arrested in Argentina on Feb. 4, 2026. (Credit: X post by lawmaker Eduardo Vald's.) S'O PAULO, Brazil " Spanish-born Father Francisco Olvera, known in Argentina as Padre Paco, was arrested during a pensioners" protest in front of the Argentine Congress in…...
Accused of sexual abuse in Spain and Bolivia, Jesuit priest escapes trial due to statute of limitations
2+ week, 4+ day ago (791+ words) S'O PAULO, Brazil " Jesuit Father Francesc Peris, accused by numerous former students of committing sexual abuse against them at a school in Barcelona, Spain, and another in Cochabamba, Bolivia, will not face criminal prosecution due to the statute of limitations…...
In surprise move, Spain will grant legal status to thousands of immigrants lacking permission
3+ week, 2+ day ago (727+ words) Yankuba Touray, from Gambia, eats his breakfast in an abandoned school in Badalona, near Barcelona, Spain, on Dec. 16, 2025. (Credit: Emilio Morenatti/AP.) BARCELONA, Spain " Spain's government announced Tuesday it will grant legal status to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants…...
Spain authorities’ ‘confusion’ prevented priests from administering last rites to train crash victims
3+ week, 2+ day ago (700+ words) Police officers and firefighters inspect the damage after a commuter train derailed as a retaining wall collapsed onto the tracks in Gelida, near Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (Credit: Joan Mateu Parra/AP.) Bishop Jes's Fern'ndez of C'rdoba has said that…...
Exonerated by the Vatican but deemed guilty by the Jesuits, Chilean priest leaves the order
4+ week, 2+ day ago (1166+ words) S'O PAULO, Brazil " Cleared of abuse allegations by the Vatican in October of 2025 and reinstated in Chile's Society of Jesus, Father Felipe Berr'os, who had been expelled from the order in 2024, said that he decided to leave the Jesuits for…...
Bishops and government of Spain reach new agreement to compensate sex abuse victims
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (718+ words) The president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, Luis Arguello, centre and Jesus Diaz Sariego, President of Spain's Conference of Religious Orders, left, take part in a press conference in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (Credit: Paul White/AP.) BARCELONA, Spain " On…...
Spanish government clashes publicly with Church hierarchy
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (770+ words) Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks in Brussels on March 23, 2023. (Credit: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP.) The Spanish government and the Catholic hierarchy have clashed publicly following comments by Archbishop Luis Arg'ello of Valladolid, president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE),…...
Spanish bishop accused of sexual abuse maintains his innocence
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (753+ words) The Cathedral of the Holy Cross over the Waters in C'diz, Spain. (Credit: Wikimedia.) Bishop Emeritus Rafael Zornoza, the former bishop of C'diz and Ceuta, has insisted he is innocent of allegations that he sexually abused a young boy when…...