Ann-Marie Shelley says the Catholic Church failed to properly investigated her complaint of rape against a priest in the 1970s. Photo / Royal Commission livestream A mother who was raped by a ...

the Society of Mary and from the Catholic Church's National Office for Professional Standards were also scheduled to speak at the hearing. The New Zealand bishops and religious congregation ...

New Zealand’s Catholic Church formally apologized on Friday to the survivors of abuse within the church and said its systems and culture must change. Cardinal John Dew, who is the Roman Catholic ...

WELLINGTON - A New Zealand inquiry on Wednesday (Feb 9) heard harrowing accounts from people who were abused as children while they were under the care of the Catholic Church, one of whom said he ...