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

Denmark’s immigration minister has accused the country’s press of adopting the same dirty tactics as British tabloid News of the World, which closed two weeks ago amid an intense phone hacking scandal. 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

Some 2,900 people have left the National Church of Iceland in the last 12 months, according to figures from the National Registry. Read the full story

Arni Thor Sigurdsson, deputy chairman of the Left Green Movement group of MPs in the Icelandic parliament, has said he intends to start a debate about the separation of church and state when the Althingi parliament reconvenes for its autumn term. Read the full story

Johanna Sigurdardottir, Iceland’s Prime Minister, says she has considered leaving the state church. This comment comes in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal hitting Iceland’s state church. Read the full story

A Danish television broadcaster, which recently aired a documentary apparently exposing negligence among care workers, has been criticised for acting unethically during filming. One eldercare worker who featured in the undercover sting programme earlier this month said she was forced to hide in her home to avoid reporters. 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

Greenlandic politicians are up in arms over  their colleagues’ drug use, which is widespread according to opposition MP Doris Jakobsen. Read the full story

After another wave of sex scandals has hit the institution this year, the Church of Sweden is trying to limit damage and maintain the faith of its flock. The Church has been dealing with a steady flow of publicised sexual incidents for a number of years, and things have yet to cool down. Read the full story