Massachusetts Court Denies Charitable Immunity, Allows Abuse Case Against Diocese August 1, 2022 By Mark Pratt A lawsuit brought by a former altar boy who alleges he was sexually abused as a child in the 1960s...
FBI Opens Widening Investigation of Clergy Sex Abuse in New Orleans June 30, 2022 The FBI has opened a widening investigation into sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans going back...
Rochester Diocese Offers $147M to Settle Sexual Abuse Claims May 24, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson The Diocese of Rochester, New York, and its insurers have submitted a proposal to bankruptcy court to settle 471 sexual...
Catholic Church Sex Abuse Panel in Portugal Receives 200 Allegations in First Month February 11, 2022 By Barry Hatton A lay committee looking into historic child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church said Thursday that during its first...
Church Official Warns of Financial Flood from Clergy Sex Abuse Claims April 12, 2021 A top official with the Archdiocese of Santa Fe says a financial flood from clergy sex abuse claims is coming...
Georgia Diocese Accused of Covering Up Sex Abuse Allegations in Lawsuit October 1, 2020 A lawsuit filed against a diocese in Georgia alleges officials knew about and covered up allegations that a Catholic priest...
Bishops Should Report Sex Abuse to Police Even If Law Doesn’t Require, Says Vatican July 21, 2020 By Nicole Winfield The Vatican told bishops around the world last Thursday they should report cases of clergy sex crimes to police even...
Vatican Tribunal Processes ‘Tsunami’ of Clergy Sex Abuse Complaints December 24, 2019 By Nicole Winfield The Vatican office responsible for processing clergy sex abuse complaints saw a record 1,000 cases reported from around the world...
Under New State Laws, Catholic Church Could See New Wave of Abuse Suits December 4, 2019 By Bernard Condon and Jim Mustian A wave of new laws in 15 states that allow people to make claims of sexual abuse going back decades...
Vatican Defends Secrecy of Catholic Confessions Amid Priest Sex Scandals July 3, 2019 By Frances D'Emilio Amid pedophile clergy scandals, the Vatican has declared “unacceptable” any efforts by politicians or lawmakers to force priests violate their...