We researched 'just one Jesuit' credibly accused of sex abuse. Here's what we learned.
July 11, 2023 In Ryan's freshman year at Creighton Preparatory School, an all-boys Jesuit high school in Omaha, Nebraska, he was called...
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Jul 13, 2023
Behind the rare criminal conviction of a Catholic cleric in New Orleans
Ramon Antonio Vargas For years, leaders at the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans – the second-oldest organization of its kind in...
Jul 7, 2023
Catholic Church isn’t ridding itself of child abuse past | READER COMMENTARY
In explaining the decision of the Archdiocese of Baltimore to add 42 names to the list of persons accused of sexual abuse, a spokesperson...
Jun 29, 2023
Storied Baltimore Catholic family sues archdiocese, says sexual abuse led to death
BALTIMORE — For more than 60 years, the name Francis X. Gallagher has been linked prominently in Baltimore with the Catholic Church. The...
Jun 21, 2023
Revealed: New Orleans archdiocese concealed serial child molester for years
Ramon Antonio Vargas The second-oldest archdiocese in the US has handed over “voluminous documents” involving a retired Roman Catholic...
Jun 16, 2023
Another French bishop is accused of sexual abuse
Bishop Georges Colomb of La Rochelle headed the Paris Foreign Missions (MEP); is the 12th bishop to be accused of abuse in the past year.
Jun 10, 2023
Clergy sex abuse is the fault of the institution, not the religion.
Last year, the Southern Baptist Conference was forced to confront its own hidden history of sexual abuse, after the release of an...
Jun 9, 2023
Nothing really changed after Vatican II. But synodality may make a difference.
Pope Paul VI proclaims the last decrees of the Second Vatican Council, from his throne near papal altar under Bernini's bronze canopy
Jun 8, 2023
Syracuse University Professor Calls for Proper Treatment for Clergy Sex Abuse Victims
By Keith Kobland A Syracuse University professor who specializes in the treatment of children and adolescents who have experienced sexual...
Jun 7, 2023
Comeuppance or confession: a reckoning on clerical abuse?
With the global tide of clerical sex abuse scandals still surging in places as far apart as Poland, Ireland and the US state of Illinois,...
Jun 3, 2023
What the Latest Investigations Into Catholic Church Sex Abuse Mean
About 20 state attorneys general have mounted investigations that have cataloged decades of abuse but yielded few criminal prosecutions.
May 23, 2023
Sex Abuse in Catholic Church: Over 1,900 Minors Abused in Illinois, State Says
A new report by the AG of Illinois covering decades names more than 450 credibly accused sexual abusers, including priests, lay religous.
May 19, 2023
Abuse victims share ‘wounded heart’ with Pope Francis after bike trek from Germany
By Hannah Brockhaus Pope Francis on Wednesday met briefly with a group of abuse victims who undertook a bicycle pilgrimage from Germany...
May 7, 2023
WA’s bill to require clergy to report child abuse dies Catholics refuse compromise on confession
Just before Washington’s legislative session ended, in a last-ditch attempt to push through her bill requiring clergy to report child...
Apr 29, 2023
Church has responsibility to invest in care of sex abuse victims
by Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann This past Wednesday, the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas and the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph...
Apr 28, 2023
The Dalai Lama ‘Incident’: How Not To Respond To A Troubling Sexual Situation With A Child
(OPINION) Last week, millions of believers and nonbelievers across the globe were shocked when a video went viral showing the Dalai Lama...
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Pope Francis encourages journalists to cover the abuse scandal with ‘openness and integrity’
April 19, 2023 Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Holy See’s Secretary of State, has sent a message in the Pope’s name to a conference...
Apr 20, 2023
Abuse expert hopes pontifical commission will be refuge for survivors
Jesuit Father Hans Zollner speaks to reporters after a news conference at the headquarters of the Italian Foreign Press Association in Rome,
Apr 19, 2023
Sex abuse in Baltimore Archdiocese highlights an institutional problem
Investigation of the Baltimore Archdiocese that found 600 cases of child sex abuse reveals a systemic issue and lack of accountablility.
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