Efforts continued throughout 2023 to tackle clerical sex crimes in the Catholic Church, with church or state reports being published in several European countries and the case of Father Marko Rupnik making numerous waves of headlines.
A New Zealand Catholic theologian has challenged people in the Church to live in a way that is consistent with their identity as Christians, after a new report showed that many people could be interested in faith and spirituality if they witness people living as good examples of these.
A New Zealand-based theologian has expressed hope in a high-level investigation by papal envoys of abuse in a lay organisation in Peru, of which she was once a member.
Once a powerful lay institution with massive membership not only in Peru, but in several other countries, the Sodalitium was accused of promoting systemic spiritual, physical and sexual abuse against dozens of members for decades, as well as financial corruption.
Auckland Bishop Stephen Lowe called on the students of Te Kupenga-Catholic Theological College to become leaders patterned after the Good Shepherd, who knows each and every one of his flock and guides them to a place of comfort and safety.