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Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal
Opposition Watch
Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal- NGO Shadow Reports on States Parties to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
2003-05, from 12 to 30 pp.
Since 2002, CFC has partnered with national-level child rights organizations and progressive Catholic reform groups to produce and submit Shadow Reports to the Committee on the Rights of the Child during their examination of the periodic reports submitted by various States Parties.
- Austria Shadow Report [PDF]
- Australia Shadow Report [PDF]
- Canada Shadow Report [PDF]
- France Shadow Report (also available in French) [PDF]
- Germany Shadow Report [PDF]
- Mexico Shadow Report [PDF]
- Philippines Shadow Report [PDF]
- The Holy See and the Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Shadow Report [PDF]
2002, 46 pp.
After CFC presented a preliminary report on the worldwide problem of sexual abuse of children and adolescents by Catholic clergy and religious to the Committee on the Rights of the Child at the UN, the Committee invited CFC to develop this report to details the Holy See's compliance as a signatory tot he Convention on the Rights of the Child. The report delineates how the Holy See is skirting the Convention and what action steps need to be taken immediately. See also the executive summary.
Opposition Watch- Opposition Notes
Opposition Notes is a new series of investigative fact sheets that exposes the tactics and beliefs of those who oppose women's rights and reproductive health.
- Catholic League [PDF] (2008)
- Priests for Life [PDF] (2007)
- Catholic Answers [PDF] (2006)
- American Life League [PDF] (2006)
- Democrats for Life: Not Prolife Democrats [PDF]
2007
The past four decades have witnessed a profound shift in the political allegiances of the Catholic church from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party. It has also seen the emergence of “prolife” Democratic elected officials who claim to represent the authentic position of the church on life issues. This report examines the shifting allegiances of the Catholic hierarchy, as well as the self-proclaimed prolife Catholic Democrats who have served—or are serving—in the United States Congress.
- From Winter to Spring - and back again?
A report from the World Congress of Families in Warsaw
14 May 2007
As the World Congress on Families packs up its tents and leaves its fantasy world in Warsaw, participants will now have to face the harsh reality of the real world in which we all live. There will be far fewer subservient women, there will be gays living on the same block, and there will be people having premarital sex and using contraception to boot. Read on...
- Read the Introductory Report
- Read Day 1 Report: A Small Show and an Embarrassing No-Show
- Read Day 2 Report: Worse than a Bad Dream
- Read Day 3 Report: Back on Message, WCF Still Fails to Inspire
- In Their Own Words: Quotes from the conference
- Read brief biographies of key Catholic speakers
- Conservative Catholic Influence in Europe
The Conservative Catholic Influence in Europe series is comprised of investigative fact sheets that expose the positions and alliances of some of the more aggressive opponents of reproductive health and rights thoughout Europe.
- Catholic Action Group [PDF] (2005)
- World Youth Alliance [PDF] (2005)
- Anna Záborská [PDF] (2004, Updated 2008)
- Rocco Buttiglione [PDF] (2004)
- Opus Dei (1997)
- The Vatican and Family Politics [PDF] (1997)
- Culture of Life Report [PDF]
2004, 30 pp.
An investigative report detailing the expansion of the Culture of Life Foundation and its link to the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-Fam) under the guidance of Austin Ruse. - Bad Faith at the UN [PDF]
2001, 40 pp.
An extensive report examining the history, activities and finances of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, an anti-reproductive rights Catholic organization that lobbies at the UN, and its founder Austin Ruse.