Clerical sex abuse
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Once a fugitive, former New Mexico priest convicted of sex abuse
A federal jury found a former priest of New Mexico guilty on multiple charges of sexual abuse involving minors, Reuters... Read more
Indian bishop formally charged with rape
Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jullundur, India has been charged with raping a nun nine times over a two-year period and... Read more
Pope says responses to abuse crisis cannot forget the influence of evil
Returning from Morocco to Italy Sunday night, Pope Francis said the problem of child sexual abuse, in all its forms,... Read more
Chilean archdiocese: court judgement for sex abuse victims a step toward reform
The Santiago archdiocese has accepted a court ruling that the Catholic Church in Chile must compensate victims of former priest... Read more
Former deacon's $1 million lawsuit challenges Texas diocese's sex abuse claim
A former Catholic deacon has charged that the Diocese of Lubbock wrongly named him on its list of clergy credibly... Read more
Cardinal Ezzati leaves Santiago with 'head held high'
Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, whose resignation as Archbishop of Santiago was accepted Saturday, said he is leaving office “very grateful”... Read more
Pope Francis accepts resignation of Chilean cardinal accused of cover-up
Pope Francis Saturday accepted the resignation of the Archbishop of Santiago de Chile, Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, who has faced... Read more
St John Paul II’s abuse record defended by his long-time secretary
Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, a personal friend and close collaborator of St. John Paul II, this week defended the Polish pope’s... Read more
Archdiocese of Milwaukee removes names of two bishops from buildings
The Archdiocese of Milwaukee announced Tuesday that it will remove from archdiocesan buildings the names of two former archbishops who... Read more
Polish bishops release ‘tragic’ report on sexual abuse
Nearly 400 Polish priests were accused of sexual abuse of minors from 1990 until 2018, a study commissioned by the... Read more
Michigan governor asks for additional $2m to investigate clergy sex abuse
Michigan’s Governor Gretchen Whitmer has asked the state’s legislature for an additional $2 million in funding for the state’s ongoing... Read more
What Catholic universities are doing to address the sex abuse crisis
Late last summer, as accusations of abuse against then-cardinal Theodore McCarrick surfaced, a grand jury report from Pennsylvania detailed decades... Read more
Former New Jersey priest, credibly accused of abuse, shot dead
John Capparelli, a former priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, was found dead in his Nevada home Saturday. Caparelli had... Read more
Pope Francis: Martyred seminarians provide a witness for priests, bishops
Pope Francis said Sunday that the nine Spanish seminarian martyrs beatified this weekend provide a witness to priests and bishops... Read more
Pope Francis: Abuse revelations are purifying the Church
God is purifying his Church through the painful revelations of the abuse scandals, so do not be discouraged, Pope Francis... Read more
Vatican abuse summit follow-up decides to hold more follow-ups
On Monday, in the Vatican’s first follow-up to last week’s child abuse summit, officials emphasized “encounter” and the need for... Read more
Cardinal Marx: Transparency is decisive in the credibility of the Church
Cardinal Reinhard Marx said Saturday that administration and transparency will be key to rebuilding the trustworthiness and credibility of the... Read more
Women of Catholic Worker Movement on prayerful pilgrimage for abuse summit
American women from the Catholic Worker Movement are in Rome this week to pray for the Vatican’s sexual abuse summit... Read more
Pope proposes 21 'reflection points' for discussion at abuse summit
Pope Francis on Thursday gave participants in a Vatican summit on protection of minors in the Church a list of... Read more
Victims from Africa, Asia at Vatican to call for 'zero tolerance' of abuse cover-up
While studying at an African minor seminary at the age of 14, Benjamin Kitobo says he was abused by a... Read more
