For Survivors, Rhode Island Clergy Abuse Report Brings Vindication and Demands March 10, 2026 By Kimberlee Kruesi and Leah Willingham The sound of the school nurse’s office door opening. Light reflecting off a stained-glass window. Tearful outbursts and fear of...
Clergy Sexual Abuse Probe Targets New Orleans Catholic Church Leaders May 8, 2024 By Jim Mustian NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities have expanded an investigation of clergy sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New...
Maine’s Ending Limits on Child Sex Abuse Suits Is Unconstitutional, Church Tells Court November 13, 2023 By David Sharp A lawyer for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland told supreme court justices Thursday that Maine’s elimination of time limits...
Baltimore Archdiocese Suspends Monk Who Paid to Settle Sex Harassment Complaint October 19, 2023 A Benedictine monk has been suspended from ministry after the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore recently became aware of a payment...
70-Year-Old Man Settles With Catholic Diocese Over Sex Abuse Suffered at Age 8 October 16, 2023 A 70-year-old man who recently reached a settlement with a Roman Catholic diocese in Massachusetts over sexual abuse he suffered...
4 Penobscot Indians Accuse Maine Priests of Sexual Abuse April 19, 2023 Four Native Americans who say they were abused by three Roman Catholic priests on their reservation in Maine are the...
Victims Question If Baltimore Church Sex Abuse Report Is Complete April 10, 2023 By Lea Skene While the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore has long touted its transparency in publishing the names of clergy credibly accused of...
Judge Approves Release of Baltimore Church Sex Abuse Report March 16, 2023 By Lea Skene A judge on Tuesday granted the Maryland Attorney General’s Office permission to publicly release a redacted version of an investigative...
Massachusetts Diocese Releases Clergy Abuse Report With No Names February 10, 2023 By Wilson Ring A Roman Catholic Diocese that covers central Massachusetts has published a new report about clergy sexual abuse of minors between...
Lawsuits Alleging Maine Church Knew About Sex Abuse Now Number 14 December 23, 2022 Two more people have filed lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by a Roman Catholic clergy member and a nun — both...