Tag: clergy sex abuse

A former priest and a former teacher of the Diocese of Wilmington have been arrested and charged with multiple counts of sexual abuse occurring...

An 80-year-old former priest of the Diocese of Wilmington and a 57-year-old ex-teacher in local Catholic schools have been charged with sexual abuse 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...

A retired FBI agent will head up the U.S. bishops' consultative safe environment body, while a clergy abuse survivor, a nursing professor and two...

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...

MONTREAL -- André Denis, a retired Quebec superior court judge mandated by Pope Francis to investigate accusations of sexual abuse made against Cardinal Gérald...

TURIN, Italy -- For the rector of the world's second largest church after St. Peter's Basilica -- the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Aparecida...