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French Church and State at Odds Over Sex Abuse Confessions

France’s government has summoned the head of the French bishops’ conference after he said that secrets shared in the confessional are above the law, including sex abuse confessions. These comments come as the country reels from new revelations of large-scale child sex abuse within the Catholic Church.

Probe: Catholic Church in France Had 3,000 Child Abusers

An independent commission examining sex abuse within the Roman Catholic Church in France believes 3,000 child abusers—two-thirds of them priests—have worked in the church over the past 70 years.

United Methodist Leaders Urge Churches to End Boy Scout Charters for Now

In light of a recent bankruptcy court ruling about the Boy Scouts and sexual abuse claimants, United Methodist leaders are urging their churches to not extend current agreements to sponsor or house local scout troops.