A group of Catholic leaders from Costa Rica recently laid out the position of the Church regarding a bill that... Read more
The lawsuit alleged that Monsignor John Close sexually assaulted a 14-year-old boy in 2006 when he took classes at a... Read more
Cardinal Juan José Omella said that these situations cause “great harm, not only to the Church but [also] to society.” Read more
The diocese has been named in more than 400 lawsuits filed from August 2019 to August 2021 under the Child... Read more
Father Jaime Adolfo Gonzalez-Farias, a visiting priest from Chile who served in the Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina, has been... Read more
A judge in Baltimore this week ordered everything related to the release of a major attorney general’s report on clerical... Read more
As California’s three-year window to file child sex abuse lawsuits past the statute of limitations nears its conclusion, 66 Catholic... Read more
The Diocese of Buffalo has settled a two-year-old lawsuit with New York Attorney General Letitia James over charges that it... Read more
Lamenting the damage that abusive Catholic clergy have caused to sexual abuse victims, the Archdiocese of Santa Fe submitted its... Read more
Bishop Joseba Segura Etxezarraga of Bilbao has announced that Pope Francis has ordered a new canonical process for an abuse... Read more
‘We have nothing to fear by telling the truth,’ said the head of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of... Read more
The report, published in January, faulted Pope emeritus Benedict XVI and Cardinal Reinhard Marx. Read more
The Archdiocese of Santa Fe has agreed on a $121.5 million bankruptcy settlement to provide compensation for hundreds of sexual... Read more
Benedict XVI’s personal secretary discusses the Munich abuse report. Read more
Benedict XVI’s personal secretary said the 94-year-old was ‘doing well’ despite the recent media firestorm. Read more
A 15-page critique claimed the report lacked ‘scientific rigor.’ Read more
Pope emeritus Benedict XVI has personally requested forgiveness from abuse survivors in a letter responding to a report that faulted... Read more
Bishop Stefan Oster noted that Benedict had fought abuse ‘against no small opposition in the Vatican.’ Read more
‘I have never found in him any shadow or attempt to hide or minimize anything.’ Read more
He told reporters that he intended to remain in office for now. Read more