Tag: clergy abuse

TURIN, Italy -- It's been 500 days since the Oct. 27, 2023, papal lifting of the statute of limitations in the case of Father...

A lawyer for abuse survivors has accused San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of "endangering kids" by allegedly refusing to release the names of...

Transparency and truth are of "critical importance" in the work of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (PCPM) and the Dicastery for...

LOS ANGELES -- The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has reached an agreement in principle worth $880 million to compensate more than a thousand decades-old...

Two federal civil lawsuits, each seeking $75 million, accuse the Missouri dioceses of Springfield-Cape Girardeau and Jefferson City of covering up clergy sexual abuse...

TORONTO -- A lawsuit launched in March has accused Father Thomas Rosica, the national director of World Youth Day 2002 in Toronto, of sexually...

The bishop of a southern Italian diocese deliberately avoided protecting victims in his diocese and instead sought to protect a priest long accused of...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- "God calls us to remain vigilant" in caring for clerical abuse survivors and preventing further abuse, said the outgoing chair of...

NEW ORLEANS -- In a 5-2 ruling June 12, the Louisiana Supreme Court reversed its earlier decision to scrap a "look back law" for...

ROME -- The Italian bishops' conference will "soon" begin a pilot program to research cases of alleged abuse against minors that were reported to...