Recently a Rhode Island priest compared abortion to clergy sex abuse, saying that “pedophilia doesn’t kill anyone.” However, author Adam DeVille writes that it has become overwhelmingly clear that not only is abuse is one ...
The Archdiocese of New Orleans said in a Jan. 24 statement that it has never called on any outside organization, like the New Orleans Saints, to help cover up information on abuse allegations. It said ...
Nearly one year ago, Catholic leaders from around the globe attended what was hailed as an unprecedented global summit on clergy sexual abuse. Approximately 200 bishops, observers and other leaders spent four days in conversation, ...
It was announced Jan. 18 that Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, would begin an investigation into allegations that Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio abused an 11-year-old altar boy more than 40 years ago. The ...
Beginning the process of restoring normal governance to the dioceses of Chile in the wake of a massive clerical sexual abuse and cover-up scandal, Pope Francis named archbishops for two archdioceses. In May 2018 every ...
Pope Francis has abolished the obligation of secrecy for those who report having been sexually abused by a priest and for those who testify in a Vatican trial or process having to do with clerical ...
In an interview with Our Sunday Visitor, Bishop Edward Scharfenberger of Albany, New York, unpacked his new role as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Buffalo, New York. Bishop Scharfenberger’s appointment was announced on December ...
As the media share at least a few high-visibility cases involving allegations of sexual misconduct by members of the Catholic hierarchy — such as Cardinal George Pell, former archbishop of Sydney and former head of ...
After an attorney threatened to file a lawsuit alleging he abused a child decades ago when he was a priest in New Jersey, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn, New York, issued a statement Nov. 13 ...
The chief communications officer for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops criticized a new book on Pope Francis' papacy for perpetuating "an unfortunate and inaccurate myth" that Pope Francis is facing resistance from the leadership ...
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