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Pope Francis continues to host a landmark summit at the Vatican on fighting child sex abuse where a top Catholic cardinal admits that Church files on priests accused of sexually abusing children were destroyed or never even drawn up in a move which allowed paedophiles to prey on others. IMAGES
76-year-old Cardinal George Pell entered a plea of not guilty at Melbourne magistrates court on Wednesday in the first hearing of the case of multiple historical sexual abuse offences against him. Media, protesters and some supporters crowded outside the courthouse, with many waving different signs decrying sexual abuse allegedly committed by Catholic clergy. The magistrate ordered the prosecution serve a brief of evidence by September 8, 2017 and Pell to return ot the court for a committal mention on October 6.
Pope Francis has approved the creation of a Vatican department to judge bishops accused of covering up or not preventing sexual abuse of minors. Nathan Frandino reports.
Former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll exits court after a US jury found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming her, and ordered the ex-president to pay her $5 million in damages. IMAGES
Berlin's Sacred Heart Church rings its bells in honour of the funeral of former pope Benedict XVI, who was Germany's first pope in 1,000 years. IMAGES
Pope Francis meets with bishops and priests at Bahrain's 83-year-old Sacred Heart Church, the oldest in the Gulf region, on the last day of his first visit to the kingdom. IMAGES
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