The Catholic Church investigatory committee looking into abuse cases in Iceland plans to start interviewing before the end of the month. Read the full story

There is evidence to suggest that sexual abuse committed by the head of a Catholic school in Reykjavik was known to the church as early as 1963, but no action was taken. Read the full story

The Catholic church in Iceland is the latest in a long line to become embroiled in a sexual abuse scandal. Read the full story

The President of Iceland, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, will travel to Rome next week for a private meeting with Pope Benedict XVI. Read the full story

A Roman Catholic mother superior may be questioned by Danish police in connection with the death of an elderly nun almost 20 years ago. Mother Superior Theresa Brenninkmeijer, of Sostrup’s Cistercian Heart of Mary Convent, was tracked down by police in Peru on Wednesday, with the help of the Catholic authorities. Read the full story

The Norwegian Roman Catholic Church has admitted that a Trondheim bishop has resigned after pleading guilty to abusing an altar boy. Read the full story

The Danish ethics Ethics council Council is charged with investigating cases of sexual abuse, leading a fact that has led Bishop Czeslaw Kozon to claim that he therefore has no obligation to report any such cases to police. Read the full story

The spate of recent child abuse sex scandals across the United States and Europe will not prompt the Finnish Catholic Church to review its stance on compulsory celibacy, the church has said. Read the full story

Finland’s Catholic Bishop, Teemu Sippo, has warned of an impending rift between the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church and Finland’s Catholic Church over the issue of gay marriage. Read the full story