{"id":203478,"date":"2019-02-22T23:30:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T04:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=203478"},"modified":"2019-02-22T23:30:21","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T04:30:21","slug":"priests-in-sexual-abuse-cases-being-probed-cbcp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/22\/priests-in-sexual-abuse-cases-being-probed-cbcp\/","title":{"rendered":"Priests in sexual abuse cases being probed: CBCP"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_180944\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-180944\" style=\"width: 3648px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ph-mm-manila-intramuros-catholic_bishops_conference_of_the_philippines_cbcp_2014.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-180944\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ph-mm-manila-intramuros-catholic_bishops_conference_of_the_philippines_cbcp_2014.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3648\" height=\"2736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ph-mm-manila-intramuros-catholic_bishops_conference_of_the_philippines_cbcp_2014.jpeg 3648w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ph-mm-manila-intramuros-catholic_bishops_conference_of_the_philippines_cbcp_2014-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ph-mm-manila-intramuros-catholic_bishops_conference_of_the_philippines_cbcp_2014-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ph-mm-manila-intramuros-catholic_bishops_conference_of_the_philippines_cbcp_2014-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ph-mm-manila-intramuros-catholic_bishops_conference_of_the_philippines_cbcp_2014-20x15.jpeg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3648px) 100vw, 3648px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-180944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cYes, they are being addressed (sexual abuse cases). Priests are investigated and some are sent to a facility for reformation, while others are either suspended or defrocked (laicized),\u201d CBCP executive secretary Fr. Jerome Secillano said in an interview. (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=44496593\">File Photo By User:Patrickroque01 &#8211; Taken using my own camera with model DSC-HX5V, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 An official of the Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Friday said sexual abuse cases involving members of the clergy are being investigated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, they are being addressed (sexual abuse cases). Priests are investigated and some are sent to a facility for reformation, while others are either suspended or defrocked (laicized),\u201d CBCP executive secretary Fr. Jerome Secillano said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>Secillano said he believes that the statement of Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle on Catholic Church\u2019s rejection of victims of sexual abuses of priests does not speak of clergy members in the Philippines but to the whole church.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompared to other countries, it&#8217;s not that prevalent. What the Cardinal said pertains to the whole church. He was not alluding to the Philippines,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only minors but adults as well. When speaking of adults, we speak of consensual affairs,\u201d Secillano added.<\/p>\n<p>San Pablo Bishop Buenaventura Famadico echoed the statement of the CBCP official.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach diocese or congregation addresses the issue. No CBCP figures,\u201d Famdico said.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Tagle, speaking at the clerical sexual abuse summit in Vatican, said Catholic church left deep wounds when it ignored the sufferings of the victims of sexual abuse by clergy members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2014 An official of the Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Friday said sexual abuse cases involving members &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":180944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}