Tag: clerical sex abuse
Seal of confession vs. effort to identify sex abusers clash in...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- When Catholic clergy, penitents, theologians and canon lawyers look at the wording in a California state bill that would compel a...
Bishop Robert Barron’s new book addresses concerns of Catholics and sex...
LOS ANGELES -- Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron of Los Angeles said his new book addressing the church's sexual abuse crisis and urging Catholics...
Cardinal DiNardo, USCCB welcome new rule from Pope Francis on reporting...
WASHINGTON -- New papal norms on preventing clergy sexual abuse are "a blessing that will empower the church everywhere to bring predators to justice,...
Archdiocese of Baltimore releases list of priests accused of abuse after...
BALTIMORE -- The Archdiocese of Baltimore has published an additional 23 names of priests who had been accused of child sexual abuse after they...
U.S. bishops review proposal to restrict bishops who are removed or...
BALTIMORE -- During the second day of their annual fall assembly in Baltimore, the U.S. bishops discussed, even though they weren't voting on, procedures...
Archbishop Vigano makes new claims of suppressed documents in McCarrick case
VATICAN CITY -- Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, the former nuncio to the United States who accused Pope Francis and church officials of failing to...
Text of letter to O’Malley: McCarrick behavior ‘highly questionable’
WASHINGTON -- Here is the text of a June 17, 2015, letter written by Father Boniface Ramsey, administrator of a parish in the New...
Chilean clergy abuse survivors grateful after private meetings with pope
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- After private meetings with Pope Francis, three survivors of clergy sexual abuse from Chile said they felt they had been...
Pope, cardinal advisers studying regional tribunals for abuse cases
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis and his international Council of Cardinals discussed the possibility of establishing regional tribunals around the world that...