Posted on 05 December 2016 09:16
Baroness Liddell and Archbishop Philip Tartaglia
The Bishops’ Conference of Scotland has today announced that Baroness Helen Liddell will be the first ever Chair of the Independent Review Group (IRG) an autonomous body, which will function separately from the Church and which will review safeguarding standards and carry out independent audits.
Announcing the appointment, Archbishop Philip Tartaglia, President of the Bishops’ Conference said: “I am most grateful to Baroness Liddell for agreeing to become the first Chair of the Independent Review Group, which will review and audit the Catholic Church’s Safeguarding work.
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Posted on 14 April 2016 15:17
The Church will implement all recommendationsfrom the McLellan Report
Peter Kearney, Director of the Scottish Catholic Media
Office, has called for fairness by the media in reporting the issue of child
abuse in the Catholic Church.
Mr Kearney suggests that official figures show that the
problem in the Church is tiny compared to the problem as a whole across
Scotland. Indeed, it is believed that
only 0.3% of abuse complaints over the past ten years were against Catholic
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Posted on 19 August 2015 10:03
The Catholic Church in Scotland is committed to ending abuse
The vast majority of people have welcomed the publication of the McLellan Commission Report into abuse within the Catholic Church in Scotland. The vast majority of people have similarly welcomed the Church's unequivocal apology for its own failings with respect to abuse. However, I have been dismayed to see that a small minority do not share this view.
The Church, having itself requested this independent Commission be set up, wants to right the wrongs of the past as best it can.
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Posted on 18 August 2015 15:30
The Catholic Church in Scotland has made a profound apology to victims of abuse saying “We say sorry. We ask forgiveness.” The apology coincides with the anticipated independent McLellan Commission Report into abuse in the Catholic Church in Scotland, a report which has today received widespread support from Church hierarchy who have committed to accepting its recommendations in full. At Mass in St Andrew’s Cathedral in Glasgow, Archbishop Philip Tartaglia formally responded to the contents of the report on behalf of the Bishops of Scotland. |
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Posted on 15 June 2015 16:07
Pope Francis on Sunday evening encouraged families to withstand the threat of ideological attacks on the institution of the family. The pope encouraged parents to protect their children from such attacks and spoke of the need of a "moral and spiritual rebirth". Francis also elaborated on the beauty and diversity of male and female characteristics saying “complementarity and reciprocity” within families are very important for the healthy growth of children who must not be afraid of differences and must witness the joy of conjugal love in order to grow and develop with confidence and security. |
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Posted on 16 December 2014 11:45
The Bishops Conference of Scotland has today released details of its Annual Safeguarding Audit. The audit contains details of practices being undertaken by the Church in order to create a safe environment for children and vulnerable adults in a church setting. It also contains details of allegations, and in 2013 there were a total of 15 allegations made in Scotland. Seven allegations were against priests, three against volunteers, two against parishioners and one against 'other' e. |
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