Tag: clergy abuse
Pope Francis accepts resignation of Polish Archbishop Andrzej Dziega, known for ignoring victims of sexual...
The announcement that Pope Francis had accepted the resignation of Archbishop Andrzej Dziega of Szczecin-Kamien with no explanation in a Feb. 24 statement from the apostolic nunciature caused a...
Women ask Pope Francis to make Father Marko Rupnik sex abuse...
VATICAN CITY -- Five years after Pope Francis' summit on fighting clerical sexual abuse, a Rome lawyer had advice for religious women sexually abused...
Diocese of Nashville announces indictment of Father Juan Carlos Garcia on...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Nashville Diocese announced Feb. 9 that Father Juan Carlos Garcia, a former associate pastor at St. Philip Catholic Church in...
Pope Francis says key to happy and healthy priesthood is holding...
VATICAN CITY -- All forms of clerical abuse begin with a priest thinking he is better than others and somehow over them, Pope Francis...
Wisconsin judge suspends criminal sex assault case against former cardinal Theodore...
A Wisconsin judge has suspended a criminal case against former cardinal Theodore McCarrick Jan. 10, citing incompetency. McCarrick had been charged with fourth-degree sexual...
Expelled Jesuit Father Marko Ivan Rupnik apparently incardinated in Slovenian diocese
A former Jesuit priest dismissed by the order for sexual abuse has apparently been incardinated in a diocese in his native Slovenia, according to...
Philadephia priest, Father Armand D. Garcia, pleads guilty to sexual abuse...
A Philadelphia priest has admitted to sexually abusing a teen girl who was once an altar server at his parish.
Father Armand D. Garcia appeared...
Archdiocese of San Francisco believes bankruptcy is ‘compassionate and equitable solution...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco announced Aug. 21 the archdiocese has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization "to facilitate...
Retired Bishop Howard J. Hubbard of Albany married in a civil...
ALBANY, N.Y. -- After the Vatican turned down his laicization request earlier this year, Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, retired bishop of Albany, announced in...
Artist and preacher Father Marko Rupnik expelled from Jesuit order due...
VATICAN CITYS -- The Jesuits have expelled from their religious order the well-known artist and preacher Father Marko Rupnik for refusing to uphold his...