Tag: clergy sex abuse
French police investigate sexual assault claim against Vatican nuncio
VATICAN CITY — Italian Archbishop Luigi Ventura, 74, a Vatican diplomat who once served in Canada, Chile and western Africa, is under investigation by...
Texas dioceses name clergy with credible allegations of sex abuse
HOUSTON -- In a step to restore trust in the Catholic Church, dioceses in Texas released their lists of priests against whom credible allegations...
Clergy sex abuse issue should be addressed with task force on...
VATICAN CITY -- Since the work of child protection must continue after the February meeting at the Vatican on safeguarding, one organizer said they...
Man testifies McCarrick abused him beginning as a young boy
WASHINGTON -- James Grein, a Virginia man who said Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick, former archbishop of Washington, sexually abused him for years beginning when...
Pope accepts resignation of Auxiliary Bishop Salazar of Los Angeles after...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of 69-year-old Auxiliary Bishop Alexander Salazar of Los Angeles after the archdiocese's independent Clergy...
Alabama archbishop releases names of clergy, religious accused of abuse
MOBILE, Ala. (CNS) -- Saying that Jesus provides light for the church to overcome darkness, Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi of Mobile released the names...
Different takes from meetings of U.S. bishops in 2018 vs. 2002
BALTIMORE -- The gathering of U.S. bishops in Baltimore Nov. 12-14 on the heels of the clergy abuse scandal that hit the Catholic Church...
Bishop Cantu: ‘Best practices’ in dealing with sex abuse is simply...
BALTIMORE -- As the U.S. bishops, individually and collectively, pursue "best practices" in their dioceses and for the country on how to deal with...
Bishop Malooly, others at conference continue discussion of change despite ‘discouraging’...
BALTIMORE -- After receiving late-minute instructions from Rome to hold off on votes to make changes in addressing sexual abuse and mismanagement scandals, U.S....
Protesters call for change as bishops gather in Baltimore
BALTIMORE (CNS) -- As the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opened a Day of Prayer at the Fall Bishops General Assembly Nov. 12, John...