clergy abuse

The judge concluded that Paméla Groleau’s testimony against the now 82-year-old Cardinal Ouellet “was neither credible nor reliable.”

For over three decades, the allegations of sexual, psychological and spiritual abuse against Slovenian Father Marko Rupnik were met with cover-ups and bureaucratic delays. 

Archbishop Costelloe of Perth said that with the conclusion of the trial, the Church’s investigation of Bishop Saunders “can now recommence.”

Parishioners lamented “the devastating impact of a process that has repeatedly demonstrated itself to be fundamentally unjust to those who are accused.”

A Chicago priest known for his longtime social justice ministry has been placed on leave, following an abuse allegation for an incident said to have taken place some three decades …

While much progress has been made, Bishop Gruss said the stain of abuse remains a “sad and tragic period in the life and history of the Church Church.”

With the Quebec settlement agreement, eight of 18 Latin-rite dioceses in Quebec have now settled, in whole or in part, the collective actions targeting them.

ORLANDO, Fla. (OSV News) — Headlining the June 10 public session of the U.S. bishops’ spring plenary in Orlando were addresses by the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops …