Catholic sexual abuse scandal
Pope Francis sides with Peruvian villagers who accused Catholic group of trying to steal their land
By Gabriela Molina — April 15, 2024
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — On Saturday, Francis urged the Catacaos villagers to persist in their efforts to defend the land, where they raise cattle and produce honey.
In the US, Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis
By Lea Skene and Tiffany Stanley — November 30, 2023
BALTIMORE (AP) — Cases of clergy abuse among African Americans are underreported, experts say, and the U.S. Catholic Church generally does not publicly track the race or ethnicity of victims.
Baltimore church to end religious services after priest suspended over sexual harassment settlement
By Associated Press — November 6, 2023
BALTIMORE (AP) — Church officials have said the complaints regarded “alleged sexual harassment of an adult man.”
Civil case over Cardinal Pell abuse allegations allowed to proceed against church in Australia
By Rod Mcguirk — August 25, 2023
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian court on Friday allowed a civil case to proceed against a Catholic archdiocese involving child sex abuse allegations against late Cardinal George Pell.
What does ‘respect life’ really mean?
By Phyllis Zagano — August 22, 2023
(RNS) — There is an angry selectivity when it comes to life issues.
More than half a million left Germany’s Catholic Church last year as abuse scandal swirls
By Geir Moulson — June 29, 2023
BERLIN (AP) — The departures left the number of Catholic Church members in Germany at nearly 20.94 million, just under a quarter of the population.
Jesuits expel prominent priest after allegations of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse
By Nicole Winfield — June 15, 2023
ROME (AP) — The Jesuits acknowledged he had been accused by several women of sexual, spiritual, and psychological abuses over a 30-year period.
German court orders Cologne archdiocese to pay clergy abuse victim over $300,000
By Associated Press — June 13, 2023
BERLIN (AP) — The German church has been making voluntary payments to abuse survivors. Victims' groups criticized the amounts as too small.
Philadelphia Archdiocese accused of transferring known abuser to Catholic college
By Kathryn Post — April 21, 2023
(RNS) — 'I don't think that you can even begin to have any semblance of justice unless there is responsibility taken,' the plaintiff said.
Pope tells religious orders to report abuse, protect others
By Associated Press — July 19, 2022
ROME (AP) — Religious orders have had some of the worst records, in part because their diffuse structure outside the diocesan hierarchy has enabled abusers to easily move to different countries rather than face justice at home.
Pope says traditionalist Catholics ‘gag’ church reforms
By Associated Press — June 14, 2022
ROME (AP) — Francis told a gathering of Jesuit editors in comments published Tuesday that he was convinced that some Catholics simply have never accepted the Second Vatican Council.
Spanish ombudsman set to probe church sex abuse
By Joseph Wilson — February 7, 2022
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The move comes after Spanish lawmakers took a first step toward opening a parliamentary inquiry into sexual abuse in the church.
Vatican-backed sex abuse research institute expands mandate
By Nicole Winfield — October 13, 2021
It is expanding its mandate to also include the sexual and spiritual abuse of adults. The Rev. Hans Zollner stressed that the new institute was by no means pushing aside its key focus on child protection.
Scandal-plagued Catholic order denies hiding millions in offshore accounts
By Claire Giangravé — October 12, 2021
(RNS) — The Catholic order of the Legionaries of Christ claimed in 2017 that it does not own offshore entities, but leaked data claims otherwise.
French report: 330,000 children victims of church sex abuse
By Sylvie Corbet — October 5, 2021
PARIS (AP) — Victims of abuse within France’s Catholic Church welcomed a historic turning point Tuesday after a new report estimated that 330,000 children in France were sexually abused over the past 70 years, providing the country’s first accounting of the worldwide phenomenon. The figure includes abuses committed by some 3,000 priests and an unknown […]
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