Black survivors nearly invisible in Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis
BALTIMORE — As Charles Richardson gradually lost his eyesight to complications from diabetes, certain childhood memories haunted him even...
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- Oct 13
Survivor: Abuse should be seriously addressed by the synod, or not at all
Father Zollner, who met with ECA members on Sept. 23 in Rome, said that “as long as the church only reacts to pressure and not out of its...
- Oct 11
Vatican safeguarding group calls on Synod on Synodality to address abuse in the Church
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Oct 10, 2023 / 11:00 am The Vatican’s safeguarding commission has called on the Synod on Synodality to...
- Oct 10
Commission for Protection of Minors Appeals to Synod
CV NEWS FEED // After meeting with Pope Francis at the end of September, the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors issued a...
- Sep 30
Baltimore Archdiocese, Bracing for More Abuse Claims, Files for Bankruptcy
By Ruth Graham The archdiocese of Baltimore, the oldest in the United States, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday, two days before...
- Sep 30
Study Reveals Hundreds Of Sexual Abuse Victims In Swiss Catholic Church
By AFP - Agence France Presse September 12, 2023 A study into sexual abuse in the Swiss Catholic Church has identified almost a thousand...
- Sep 6
Having Nun of It
There’s a strange saga unfolding in Texas. It involves allegations and accusations of illicit sexual relationships, drug use, theft,...
- Aug 30
Catholic church sex abuse victims and activists call on Ohio attorney general for investigation
By Jennifer Edwards Baker CINCINNATI (WXIX) - For the second time in five years, a group of victims of sex abuse by Catholic clergy and...
- Aug 27
San Francisco Archdiocese declares bankruptcy amid hundreds of lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse
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- Aug 18
Sex Abuse Advocates Call on Ohio AG to Investigate Ohio's Catholic Churches
Dave Yost told reporters his office doesn't have the legal authority to investigate "matters like this." By Madeline Fening National,...
- Aug 13
N.O. Archdiocese clergy abuse much greater than we've been told, attorney memo alleges
David Hammer NEW ORLEANS — A secret memo written by attorneys for victims of clergy sexual abuse says more than 300 New Orleans Catholic...
- Aug 6
San Francisco archbishop says Catholic archdiocese may declare bankruptcy over child abuse lawsuits
SAN FRANCISCO — The Catholic archbishop of San Francisco says the Archdiocese may seek bankruptcy protection because of claims of child...
- Aug 3
Retired bishop of Albany who is accused of abuse says he is married
Boston, Mass., Aug 1, 2023 / 15:25 pm The retired bishop of Albany, who is facing allegations that he both covered up and personally...
- Jul 28
Archdiocese's lawyers make millions as hundreds of sex abuse survivors haven't seen any money
It's $13 million and counting to the church’s own bankruptcy lawyers and accountants, who have fought to justify the church’s need for...
- Jul 28
Abuse scandal cost US dioceses, religious orders over $200M in 2021-22
CWN Editor's Note: According to the new annual report released by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat of Child...
- Jul 28
Abuse survivors speak out at bishop’s installation
Bishop Steven Wright of Hexham and Newcastle received prayer ribbons alongside his symbols of office.
- Jul 20
CLERGY SEXUAL ABUSE DISAPPEARING
Comment by HOC: If it is true that the abuse issues are “virtually over and practically nonexistent” then the dioceses should be more...
- Jul 18
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...
- Jul 13
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
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...
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