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April 19th, 2011
05:46 PM ET
Ex-Belgian bishop admits to more abuseA former Belgian bishop admits to abusing a family member. CNN's Atika Shubert reports.
September 14th, 2010
03:43 PM ET
Belgium church to begin interviews in sex abuse case(CNN) - Belgian church officials will begin interviews Tuesday in their inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse of children by clergy and others working for the church from the 1950s into the late 1980s. The interviews are a follow-up to a church-backed investigation that detailed hundreds of assertions of sexual abuse. It was led by Dr. Peter Adriaenssens, (pictured above) who is both a church investigator and a psychiatrist. "From the mistakes of the past, we wish to take the necessary lessons," said Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard, the head of the Catholic Church in Belgium, on Monday. "In the interviews that will be conducted from tomorrow, we will consider the relevant reflexions and proposals of Professor Adriaenssens."
September 11th, 2010
06:38 PM ET
Catholic Church in Belgium details widespread sexual abuse(CNN) - The Catholic Church in Belgium released an independent report Friday detailing hundreds of assertions of sexual abuse of children by clergy and others working for the church from the 1950s into the late 1980s. "We can say that not a single congregation escaped sexual abuse of minors by one or more of its members," said the Commission on Church-Related Sexual Abuse Complaints, which was led by Dr. Peter Ariaenssens, who is both a church investigator and psychiatrist. The commission said it received about 500 reports from alleged victims, about 60 percent of them from males. It cited 320 alleged abusers, of whom 102 were known to have been clergy members from 29 congregations. Thirteen of the alleged victims committed suicide, it said.
July 9th, 2010
12:06 PM ET
Europe's burqa wars: broad support for banning veils
By Stephen Prothero, Special to CNN Legislation banning full veils for Muslim women is now under consideration across Western Europe. On April 30, Belgium's lower house voted to ban Muslim women from wearing veils that cover their full faces. On June 30, a Tory MP introduced in the UK a Face Coverings (Regulation) Bill that would make it illegal for anyone to cover their face in public. And on July 6 the French parliament began debating legislation that would outlaw the wearing of burqas and niqabs in public places. |
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