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Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore permanently restores use of high altar
The cathedral’s high altar, originally built prior to the Second Vatican Council, has now been constructed to allow priests to... Read more
Baltimore Archdiocese shuts down Mass at city parish after priest abuse scandal
In a statement on Saturday, the archdiocese announced that “a pastor will not be named for St. Benedict Church” following... Read more
Pastor removed from ministry after report about $200,000 in sex abuse hush money
Father Paschal Morlino, OSB, who has been removed from his 30-year tenure as pastor of a local parish, denies any... Read more
Archdiocese of Baltimore files for bankruptcy amid clergy sex abuse claims
Archbishop William Lori said in a statement on Friday that after consulting with lay leaders and clergy, he had made... Read more
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Names of accused in Maryland AG’s sex abuse report on Baltimore Archdiocese are released
The report outlines a four-year investigation of the Archdiocese of Baltimore that alleges more than 600 children were abused by... Read more
Baltimore Archdiocese considers bankruptcy amid possible sex abuse lawsuits
On Oct. 1, a new law will go into effect that ends the statute of limitations for civil lawsuits related... Read more
Names of Baltimore clergy in sexual abuse report can be revealed, judge rules
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown will be releasing all but three of the redacted names following last week’s Circuit Court... Read more
Baltimore Archdiocese says it obtained over 360 guns in $50,000 buyback program
The gun “buyback” was financed with more than $50,000 in funds “from Catholic parishes and individual donors,” the archdiocese said. Read more
Baltimore archbishop issues guidelines for Catholic LGBT ministries
Parish LGBT ministries must welcome people with true discipleship, Archbishop William Lori says in new guidance on ministry to LGBT... Read more
Archdiocese of Baltimore adds 42 accused individuals to child sex abuse list
The additional names come following Maryland Attorney General’s April report on child sexual abuse in the archdiocese dating back to... Read more
Church commission investigates Baltimore Archdiocese role in slavery
The commission includes academics, archivists, and other researchers who are poring through old documents and will unveil some of its... Read more
Maryland attorney general report on abuse claims to identify more than 600 victims
Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore apologized to abuse survivors and pledged to “do everything possible to prevent future incidents of... Read more
Baltimore archbishop addresses clergy child abuse ahead of expected public report
Baltimore Archbishop William Lori in a letter to parishioners Monday addressed “the evil of child abuse” ahead of the expected... Read more
Baltimore abuse survivors file request to make abuse report public
The survivors are attempting to make public a recently sealed attorney general’s report that claims to chronicle hundreds of instances... Read more
Baltimore seals documents related to clerical sexual abuse report
A judge in Baltimore this week ordered everything related to the release of a major attorney general’s report on clerical... Read more
‘Shame, remorse, sympathy’: Maryland AG seeks to release major report on sexual abuse
Attorney General Brian Frosh said his office had compiled the information given by the archdiocese and gathered from interviews into... Read more
Baltimore’s Archbishop Lori elected VP of bishops’ conference
Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, one of the U.S. bishops’ strongest voices on the pro-life issue, was elected vice... Read more
Why Baltimore? Here’s the reason U.S. bishops meet there every year
Since 2006, the bishops’ fall assembly has been held in Baltimore. Read more
Dozens of headstones overturned at Ukrainian Catholic cemetery near Baltimore
The day before Russia invaded Ukraine last week, about 49 headstones at a Ukrainian Catholic cemetery in the outskirts of... Read more
Baltimore releases new COVID-19 protocols
The Archdiocese of Baltimore has declared new COVID-19 protocols in response to a rising number of positive cases of the... Read more
