https://www.ncronline.org/news/san-francisco-parishes-hit-massive-bills-sex-abuse-settlement?utm_source=NCR+List&utm_campaign=df833ca924-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_08_20_01_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6981ecb02e-df833ca924-230637090 by Sean Piccoli (NCR logo/Toni-Ann Ortiz) When the Archdiocese of San Francisco announced in late June that it would pay $395 million to hundreds of people who were sexually abused as children by Bay Area priests, archdiocesan leaders also quietly sen

https://catholicreview.org/in-france-pope-to-highlight-life-unity-vatican-confirms-hell-meet-with-abuse-victims/ (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV will make a four-day apostolic journey to France Sept. 25-28, with a program that stretches from the Élysée Palace and UNESCO in Paris to the Marian shrine of Lourdes and a final stop in Metz, and it will include a private meeting with victims of abuse in the Church, the Vatican has confirmed. The Holy See Press Office released the detaile

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The Archdiocese of San Francisco and lawyers for the survivors said the money would settle about 530 claims from people who said they were sexually abused by clergy members. By Soumya Karlamangla Reporting from San Francisco June 29, 2026Updated 3:30 p.m. ET The Archdiocese of San Francisco has agreed to a $395 million settlement with survivors of clergy sexual abuse, the archdiocese and lawyers for the victims said on Monday. The settlement addresses about 530 claims brought

The left-wing Spanish government and the country's Catholic Church recently signed a historic agreement to compensate victims of sexual abuse committed by members of the clergy. The arrangement concerns time-barred cases or cases where the perpetrator is deceased and comes after years of reluctance and a lack of transparency from the church hierarchy. https://www.ncronline.org/news/spains-historic-church-sex-abuse-compensation-marks-first-step-toward-reparation

By Robert Herguth A recent report says two Catholic priests long assoong associated with the University of Notre Dame preyed on male students and other young adults over a number of years — but victims and other critics say church and school officials haven’t come clean about all of the sexual misconduct they know about. [See also the text of the Notre Dame report.] Two priests long affiliated with the University of Notre Dame groomed and sexually abused young men at the stor