Tag: Catholic Church
445 victims gave evidence during first year of Spain’s Catholic church sex abuse probe
SPAIN'S ombudsman, Angel Gabilondo, says an independent commission set up a year ago to investigate historic sex abuse by the Catholic church has collected...
Hundreds of previously unreported Catholic Church sex abuse cases uncovered in Spain
A solicitor running an internal Catholic Church probe into sex abuse says he's received news about hundreds of previously unreported cases since starting his...
Seven-year stretch for Catholic priest for grooming and sexually abusing boy in Spain’s Murcia area
A Catholic priest who sexually abused a boy has been sentenced to 7 years and 9 months in prison by the Murcia Provincial Court.
Antonio...
Historic vote in Spain’s parliament approves investigation of sex abuses committed by Roman Catholic church
SPAIN'S first commission to investigate sex abuses committed by members of the Roman Catholic church was overwhelmingly backed by Congress on Thursday.
The motion to...
68 child sex abuse investigations involving Spain’s Catholic Church are revealed
68 cases of alleged child sex abuse connected to the Catholic Church are currently being investigated in Spain.
Attorney General, Dolores Delgado, ordered 17 regional...
Spain orders accurate tally of ongoing child sex abuse cases and complaints involving Catholic Church
Spain's Attorney General, Dolores Delgado, has ordered 17 regional chief prosecutors to send details of current judicial probes into child sex abuse by the...
Catholic Church in Spain admits to owning nearly 1,000 unregistered properties
THE Catholic Church in Spain has admitted to owning 965 properties despite no documented evidence to verify the claim.
There were even instances where evidence...
Child sex abuse probe launched in Catholic Church in Spain after Pope Francis gets newspaper dossier
NEW revelations of child sex abuse cases involving Spain's Catholic Church will be investigated after a newspaper dossier was handed over to Pope Francis.
The...
Bishop who married erotic novelist (and now sells pig semen) formally ‘defrocked’ by Spain’s Catholic Church
A CATALAN bishop who made headlines after he abandoned his calling to marry the author of saucy novels has formally been stripped of his...
ANALYSIS: Spain’s clergy downplays its legacy of sexual abuse
While the Catholic Church in France and Portugal seek to investigate wrongdoings, Spain’s clergy hides and wriggles over child sex abuse claims, writes Heather Galloway
Catholic church in Spain asks forgiveness from child abuse victims
THE Catholic Church in Spain has offered an apology to victims of child abuse and the church’s failure to investigate and punish the culprits,...
Catholic Church rakes in record €284 MILLION from taxpayers in Spain
THE Spanish Catholic Church earned a record €284 million from taxpayers last year, figures have claimed.
Some 7,191,387 people opted to make a contribution to...
Catholic church facing fine over neglect of ancient temple in Barbate
The diocese could be facing an administrative fine from the Ministry of Culture
Woman in Spain rescued after ‘blood-curdling screams’ alert police to her exorcism
Sanctioned exorcisms are regularly carried out by the Catholic Church in Spain
Spain marks 40 years since Franco’s death
At least 16 Catholic churches are to hold services
Podemos fights to make a Catholic cathedral public property
Political party have asked that another 30 cemeteries and churches in Aragon be 'given back'
Praying for change: in the Catholic Church
Has the Granada sex scandal brought the Catholic Church to its knees?
Catholic church ‘present distorted historical account’ of Cordoba Cathedral
Secularist petition against phasing out of cathedral's Islamic past.
Pope Benedict XVI to step down
The pope last visited Spain in August 2011 but faced complaints about the high cost of the event
Spain’s Catholic Church in property tax row
Calls for Catholic Church to be taxed on unused buildings
Religion in Spain: Discuss…
As Spain launches a campaign to encourage religious tourism, Wendy Williams – confused by the fanaticism around Semana Santa while most people claim to be non religious - dips her toe into one of Spain’s most heated debates
Devil’s art binned in Spain
Police and dustbin men destroy young student’s controversial work at Malaga art fair