Tag: Clergy sexual abuse

BOSTON — The Boston Globe reported July 29 that police in the Boston suburb of Wellesley have charged former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick with three...

Although major steps have been taken to help achieve healing and reconciliation with survivors of clergy sexual abuse, much work remains ahead for the...

VATICAN CITY — A series of laws and procedures promulgated by now-retired Pope Benedict XVI and, especially, by Pope Francis to protect children, promote...

CLEVELAND — Fifteen seminaries have committed to meeting five sexual misconduct policy benchmarks developed by a group of laypeople, seminary leaders and bishops. Developed by...

CLEVELAND — A trio of survivors of sexual abuse are inviting the Catholic Church — from parishioners in the pews to the bishops who...

ROME — To help foster a wider discussion on work that still must be done to safeguard minors and vulnerable people in the Catholic...

DODGE CITY, Kan. — Denying any wrongdoing, Bishop John B. Brungardt of Dodge City has stepped away from his duties and pledged to cooperate...

BALTIMORE — Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori in a Nov. 10 letter to the Catholic faithful of his archdiocese said the long-awaited Vatican report...

VATICAN CITY — At a criminal trial involving alleged sexual abuse at a minor seminary located in the Vatican, the Vatican City State criminal...

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. — Facing over 200 lawsuits alleging sex abuse filed since New York state lifted the statute of limitations on such cases,...