{"id":74655,"date":"2026-01-13T04:06:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=74655"},"modified":"2026-01-13T04:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:06:32","slug":"spain-catholic-church-sign-agreement-to-compensate-victims-of-sexual-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/spain-catholic-church-sign-agreement-to-compensate-victims-of-sexual-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanje en de Katholieke Kerk tekenen overeenkomst voor schadevergoeding aan slachtoffers van seksueel misbruik"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Archbishop Luis Arg\u00fcello, president of the Spanish Bishops\u2019 Conference; F\u00e9lix Bola\u00f1os, minister of the Presidency, Justice, and Relations with the Parliament; and Father Jes\u00fas D\u00edaz Sariego, OP, president of CONFER. | Credit: Ministry of the Presidency Jan 9, 2026 \/ 16:28 pm (CNA). The Spanish Bishops\u2019 Conference (CEE, by its Spanish acronym), the Spanish Conference of Religious Orders (CONFER, by its Spanish acronym), and the government have agreed on a channel for compensating victims of abuse within the Catholic Church,\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archbishop Luis Arg\u00fcello, president of the Spanish Bishops\u2019 Conference; F\u00e9lix Bola\u00f1os, minister of the Presidency, Justice, and Relations with the Parliament; and Father Jes\u00fas D\u00edaz Sariego, OP, president of CONFER. | Credit: Ministry of the Presidency Jan 9, 2026 \/ 16:28 pm (CNA). The Spanish Bishops\u2019 Conference (CEE, by its Spanish acronym), the Spanish Conference of Religious Orders (CONFER, by its Spanish acronym), and the government have agreed on a channel for compensating victims of abuse within the Catholic Church,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":65196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-74655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":79397,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/catholic-church-in-spain-creates-department-for-relations-with-islam\/","url_meta":{"origin":74655,"position":0},"title":"Catholic Church in Spain creates department for relations with Islam","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"maart 15, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The standing committee of the Spanish Bishops\u2019 Conference (CEE, by its Spanish acronym) has approved the creation of a department for relations with Islam, intended to address the growth of the country\u2019s Muslim population.This new body is part of the Bishops\u2019 Subcommittee for Interconfessional Relations and Interreligious Dialogue, chaired by the auxiliary bishop of Seville, Ram\u00f3n Dar\u00edo Valdivia.The spokesperson for the CEE, Bishop Francisco C\u00e9sar Garc\u00eda Mag\u00e1n, stated to the media that the mission of the new department is \u201cto\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":73536,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/church-in-venezuela-could-undergo-more-persecution-in-2026-experts-say\/","url_meta":{"origin":74655,"position":1},"title":"Church in Venezuela could undergo more persecution in 2026, experts say","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"juli 27, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Caracas skyline. | Credit: Olga Berrios, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Jan 1, 2026 \/ 10:00 am (CNA). 2026 dawned in Venezuela in an atmosphere of ambivalence: sorrows and joys, tensions and consolations, and more questions than certainties. 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