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Church forces 'secular NZ' retreat
The Human Rights Commission has bowed to Catholic Church objections to a statement that NZ was a secular state and religion was only for the "private sphere".
The Human Rights Commission has bowed to Catholic Church objections to a statement that NZ was a secular state and religion was only for the "private sphere".
At the peak of the Roman Catholic clergy sex abuse crisis, the discipline plan American bishops adopted prompted dioceses to remove nearly all accused clergy from the priesthood.
'I once again express my deep sorrow and offer a sincere and unreserved apology to all victims of sexual abuse,' says Archbishop Denis Hart.
The German Pontiff's favourite recipes are a suicidal mix of fried, buttery and carnivorous pleasures.
Pope Benedict XVI has admitted that the Catholic Church itself should bear the brunt of the blame for paedophile priests.
A man haunted by childhood memories of sexual abuse at a Catholic orphanage just wants someone to acknowledge there was wrongdoing.
Abuse support groups say the investigations into the Catholic clergy abuse allegations are in the best interests of the church, not the victims.
Two monks jailed in NZ's most notorious Catholic sexual abuse scandal have been released on parole after serving less than half their sentences.
An war of words between the Catholic and Protestant churches culminated yesterday in an apology from the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The child abuse scandal rocking the Catholic Church widened this week as a leading German bishop personally appointed by Pope Benedict was accused of beating and punching children at a church-run home.