Portuguese psychiatrist Pedro Strecht and Bishop José Ornelas Carvalho of Leiria-Fatima, president of the Portuguese bishops' conference

Portuguese bishop says conscience clear about abuse claims

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World
Oct 12, 2022

A senior Portuguese Catholic Church official who has been named in investigations involving alleged cover-ups of sex abuse by priests said Oct. 12 his conscience is clear.

East Timor's Roman Catholic Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo holds hands with other priests during the Sunday's morning mass at Lisbon's Salesian religious order's church, on Sept. 12, 1999

Portugal abuse cases mount amid questions over Nobel bishop

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World
Oct 3, 2022

Clergy sexual abuse cases are casting a pall over the Catholic Church in Portugal, ensnaring senior officials even as authorities scramble to explain why shelter was given to a Nobel Peace Prize-winning bishop at the center of sexual misconduct allegations.

Portugal cardinal meets pope as sex abuse allegations swirl

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Aug 5, 2022

The Archbishop of Lisbon met Aug. 5 with Pope Francis in a private audience at the Vatican to discuss "events in recent weeks that have marked the life of the Church in Portugal," the Portuguese church said.

Bishop José Ornelas Carvalho of Setúbal, president of the Portuguese bishops' conference, announces the creation of a national commission to support local dioceses in their investigations into current and historic cases of sexual abuse, in Lisbon Dec. 2,

Portugal: Church sex abuse panel unearths over 200 cases

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Feb 10, 2022

A lay committee looking into historic child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church said Thursday that during its first month of work it received allegations from 214 people.