In April 2002, with the U.S. Church reeling from the Boston Globe scandal that unveiled historic cases of sexual abuse by priests, a delegation of American cardinals were called to the Vatican to meet with ...
Steve Burnette was 15 years old when he came close to committing suicide. For three years, the teen had been sexually abused by a priest, a beloved family friend who cracked jokes and shared stories ...
The president of the Portuguese bishops' conference begged forgiveness from victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy, as a church-appointed independent commission predicted many more abuse cases would come to light. "These attacks are particularly serious; ...
The Vatican permanently removed from priestly ministry a retired priest of the Diocese of Toledo who was accused of multiple allegations of sexually abusing a minor. Officials at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ...
Pope Francis has given his safeguarding commission a "very clear" mandate to encourage and supervise the world's bishops' conferences in establishing survivor support centers and services, said Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley of Boston, president of ...
Pope Francis asked his safeguarding commission to provide an annual audit of what the church is doing to protect minors and what needs to change, as well as to urge bishops' conferences to set up ...
The Diocese of Camden and the committee representing about 300 survivors of clergy sexual abuse have reached a settlement of $87.5 million, one of the largest such settlements in the country. An April 19 news release ...
The Vatican has wrapped up its own investigation and dismissed allegations that Polish Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz had covered up cases of the sexual abuse of minors by clergy in his archdiocese. In a written statement released ...
Pope Francis met with the leaders of the Spanish bishops' conference and was briefed on the independent commission established by the bishops to investigate clerical sexual abuse in the country. Speaking with journalists outside the Vatican ...
Archbishop Georg Gänswein, private secretary of retired Pope Benedict XVI, has defended his boss and criticized the Munich abuse report, which made international headlines when it was released in January. The report alleges misconduct by Munich ...
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