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Belgium
Belgian court rules raid ‘disproportionate’
Kica Perez Warnisher | 15 September 2010
A police raid on Catholic Church sites in June was illegal, the Brussels Court of Appeals said on September 9. T
Belgian church scandal adds to Pope’s burdens
Carolyn Moynihan | 15 September 2010
Report on sexual abuse in Belgium shows it was very widespread.
The bad news from Brussels goes back a long way
Michael Cook | 20 July 2010
This news in the Brussels Journal should have emerged in the English-speaking world long ago because it helps to explain why the Catholic Church in Belgium has been racked by scandal in recent weeks.
Belgium’s bishops say ‘sorry’
Carolyn Moynihan | 21 May 2010
Belgium’s bishops issued a pastoral letter in which they asked pardon from all victims of clerical sexual abuse.
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