Abuse in the News 5/10

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...

Apr 21, 2023

CHILD USA Supports Durbin's STOP CSAM Act Introduced U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin

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Apr 20, 2023

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.

Apr 7, 2023

Pope Francis' efforts to deal with the clergy sex abuse crisis need corrections

By Massimo Faggioli | United States The synodal process that Pope Francis has launched to make the Catholic Church more transparent and...

Apr 5, 2023

Lift statute of limitations in child sex abuse civil cases in WA

By The Seattle Times editorial board When it comes to sexual assault, especially that of a child, the state should do everything in its...

Apr 5, 2023

Maryland attorney general releases report on decades of sex abuse by Catholic priests

BALTIMORE — The Maryland Attorney General's Office has publicly released a redacted version of an investigative report detailing sex...

Apr 4, 2023

Former Tacoma Catholic nun and priest added to clergy abuse accusation list

BY CRAIG SAILOR A former Tacoma Catholic nun and a priest were added to an official list of clergy and others accused of abuse, the...

Mar 24, 2023

Manufacturing the Clerical Predator

Nate's Mission The Catholic Church has overseen the world's longest-lasting and most widespread campaign of institutional sexual abuse....

Mar 21, 2023

Hierarchy's sacramental betrayal in abuse scandal obstructs synodality

BY TOM ROBERTS January 17, 2023 It was in late spring, 1985, when I received a call from NCR's then-editor Tom Fox. I think he said he...

Mar 20, 2023

Catholic Church paedophile networks to be mapped 'like organised crime' by academics

ABC Newcastle By Giselle Wakatama A "mafia-like" code of silence among "dark networks" within the Catholic Church has begun to emerge...

Mar 4, 2023

Papal advisor says 'Vos estis,' Francis' key clergy abuse reform, 'not working'

BY ALEJA HERTZLER-MCCAIN March 3, 2023 One of Pope Francis' key advisors on clergy sexual abuse admitted that the pontiff's signature...

Mar 3, 2023

‘Sorry’ is not enough: Abuse victims need answers, support, pope says

March 2, 2023 By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — It is not enough to ask people who have suffered abuse for their...

Mar 1, 2023

Catholic Diocese of Sacramento faces more than 270 sexual abuse lawsuits

Jonathan Ayestas SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Catholic Diocese of Sacramento could go bankrupt as it faces hundreds of lawsuits alleging...

Feb 25, 2023

Church Sex Scandal Widens: Hundreds More Catholic Clergy Accused Across CA

By Candice Nguyen, Michael Bott, Mark Villarreal and Michael Horn An NBC Bay Area analysis of nearly 700 lawsuits filed against Catholic...