It covers disclosures in confession. Supporters say the bill will protect children, critics decry it as “an attack” on Catholics and...

Tim Busch COMMENTARY: The laity’s role isn’t about changing doctrine — it’s about promoting holiness and confronting corruption,...

The Washington Legislature is considering a "Mandatory Reporting" bill to force the Church to stop shielding sex abusers. HOC urges you...

By Panay News WHILE many good and dedicated bishops and priests in the Philippines and elsewhere are examining their conscience about...

By Mary Jo McConahay Mary Jo McConahay is the author of “Playing God: American Catholic Bishops and the Far Right.” JESUS WEPT: Seven...

Joshua Bowling f When the Archdiocese of Santa Fe filed for bankruptcy on Dec. 3, 2018, church officials said they were dangerously close...

Chris Page BBC News Ireland correspondent Tony Gribben describes "cowering like a dog", as he was "beaten down" by his abuser at his...

Patsy McGarry Claire Murphy The names of 15 Irish Jesuits credibly accused of child abuse over the last 70 years have been published by...

By UCA News Network A global abuse tracker has released a list of 84 priests accused of sexual abuse in the Philippines, alleging that...

AP  —  As New Orleans church leaders braced for the fallout from publishing a list of predatory Catholic priests, they turned to an...

Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman A man, identified as Speaker 7, choked back tears as he recounted being molested about four decades ago, when he...

Jennifer Edwards Baker CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Ohio lawmakers are reforming child sex abuse laws as a result of the case of Geoff Drew, who...

LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today announced the release of a report (PDF) by the Department of Attorney General...

Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Robert Herguth, Chicago Sun-Times If the Archdiocese of Milwaukee embraced the same level of...

By Mackenzie Krumme Two years ago, Sally dropped a letter in the mail, never expecting a response.  Three pages long and handwritten, it...

Provided by PR Newswire Herman Law Achieves Key Ruling in Child Sexual Abuse Cases Against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn...

By Gina Christian (OSV News) — The Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ $880 million abuse claims settlement, announced Oct. 16, brings the total...

Christopher White Decades of clergy sex abuse scandals are an "existential threat" to the Catholic Church and can only be remedied...

Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Pope Francis has asked the Vatican to study whether the Catholic Church should classify...

Ramon Antonio Vargas and David Hammer of WWL Louisiana in New Orleans New Orleans’ Roman Catholic archbishop Gregory Aymond is...