clergy sexual abuse
Upstate New York Catholic diocese announces $100 million settlement for sexual abuse victims
By Associated Press — July 28, 2023
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — The Syracuse diocese, which filed for bankruptcy protection in 2020, said there are 411 claims involving 387 people, with some people filing multiple claims.
One thing the pope won’t be able to ignore in Portugal is a legacy of clergy sex abuse
By Barry Hatton — July 28, 2023
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — During a live television broadcast, experts reported in February that at least 4,815 boys and girls had been abused since 1950, most aged 10-14.
Sinead O’Connor was once seen as a sacrilegious rebel, but her music and life were deeply infused with spiritual seeking
By Brenna Moore — July 28, 2023
(The Conversation) — A professor of modern Catholicism looks back at the ways the iconic Irish singer steeped herself in religion, even as she criticized its institutions.
Vatican abuse investigators begin their audit of secretive Peru-based Catholic society
By Franklin BriceÑo — July 27, 2023
LIMA, Peru (AP) — The scandal at the Peru-based Sodalitium of Christian Life, has close parallels to other cases of charismatic Catholic leaders in Latin America being accused of sex abuse.
Bishop named to Vatican office handling sex abuse complaints discounted some victims, US group says
By Frances D'emilio — July 5, 2023
ROME (AP) — A U.S.-based group that tracks how the Catholic hierarchy deals with allegations of sexual abuse by clergy says Pope Francis made a “troubling” choice in appointing an Argentine prelate to a powerful Vatican office that handles such cases.
Ex-Roman Catholic cardinal, now 92, is not competent to stand trial in sex abuse case, expert says
By Alanna Durkin Richer — June 30, 2023
BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors this week disclosed the findings of their expert to the judge, who will ultimately rule on the once-powerful American prelate's ability to face charges that he abused the boy at a wedding reception at Wellesley College in 1974.
German police search church properties in probe of Cologne archbishop over perjury allegations
By Kirsten Grieshaber — June 28, 2023
BERLIN (AP) — The cardinal is under investigation on suspicion of having falsely testified to court about when he became aware of reports of clergy sexual abuse in the archdiocese.
Vatican document highlights need for concrete steps for women, ‘radical inclusion’ of LGBTQ+
By Associated Press — June 22, 2023
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The document used the terminology “LGBTQ+ persons” rather than the Vatican’s traditional “persons with homosexual tendencies,” suggesting a level of acceptance that Francis ushered in a decade ago with his famous “Who am I to judge” comment.
Events in Bolivia and Brazil may signal a turning point for the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse crisis in Latin America
By Matthew Casey-Pariseault — June 16, 2023
(The Conversation) — Public outrage over alleged abuse has been muted in much of Latin America for years, partly because the church remains one of the region’s most powerful institutions – but that may be changing.
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.
Another deceased Jesuit priest accused of sex abuse in Bolivia as pedophilia scandal grows
By Associated Press — May 30, 2023
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Jorge Vila Despujol, who died in Barcelona in 2012, was formally accused before prosecutors Thursday by a person who alleges they were indecently touched when they were 13, the Jesuit Society in Bolivia said in a statement.
Illinois Catholic clergy abuse report could draw lawsuits, reforms but new charges unlikely
By Kathleen Foody and Michael Tarm — May 26, 2023
CHICAGO (AP) — “[M]any survivors of child sex abuse at the hands of Catholic clerics will never see justice in a legal sense,” the report says.
Pope seeks to encourage abuse prevention board amid turmoil
By Nicole Winfield — May 8, 2023
ROME (AP) —The move follows weeks of turmoil sparked by the latest resignation of a founding member.
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.
Mark Rivera, a former Anglican lay pastor, sentenced to 15 years in prison
By Kathryn Post — March 6, 2023
(RNS) — 'She continues to be impacted every single day by this man’s abuse,' said the mother of the child abuse survivor who first reported Rivera.
