Abuse in the News

4 days ago

Irish Catholic Church in 'terminal decline' after sexual abuse scandals

By Euronews Ireland was once regarded as the most catholic Country in the World. That, though, is no longer the case. Mark Vincent Healy...

Jan 28

KBI produces what archbishop had requested: A serious study

by Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann On Friday, Jan. 13, in the late afternoon, then-Attorney General Derek Schmidt released a summary report...

Jan 26

Pope Francis gives major interview on his critics, sex abuse, decriminalizing homosexuality and more

Pope Francis speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at The Vatican, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023

Jan 23

Who tells the church what it must do in order to be forgiven?

I hope survivors sue the collar off the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland and others.

Jan 17

Hierarchy's sacramental betrayal in abuse scandal obstructs synodality

Jan 13

Exclusive: Vatican must treat abuse victims better, pope's lead investigator says

Rome — January 11, 2023 Pope Francis' lead clergy abuse investigator has acknowledged survivors' frustrations with the Vatican's strict...

Jan 13

Catholic group wants Seattle Archdiocese to open its secret files on clergy sex abuse- NPR interview

NPR interview JAN 29, 2020 at 11:28 AM (Notice the recording was made in Jan 2020) Last week, Heal Our Church, a group of Seattle...

Dec 27, 2022

As Dallas charter turns 20, abuse has become issue for much of society

Twenty years ago, in 2002, the revelations of clergy sexual abuse and its cover-up in the Archdiocese of Boston were the metaphorical bombsh

Dec 12, 2022

Study of moral injury measures 'added weight' of clergy sexual abuse and its concealment

KATIE COLLINS SCOTT December 12, 2022 A research team from Xavier University in Cincinnati has created a tool that measures the "moral...

Dec 11, 2022

The Marko Rupnik abuse case and the Vatican's disturbing silence

By Robert Mickens | Vatican City Even two prominent Jesuits have urged the doctrinal office to explain why it refused to move forward on...

Dec 9, 2022

Seattle Archdiocese pays $2.3 million to settle five claims of sexual abuse

Lauren Girgis Seattle Times staff reporter The Archdiocese of Seattle has paid nearly $2.3 million since August to settle five claims...

Dec 9, 2022

Pandemic increased sexual exploitation of girls, reports new study by nuns

Gender-related "hardships", lack of education, violence, exploitation, hit girl children and adolescents disproportionately during COVID-19

Dec 9, 2022

Abuse "whistleblower" says "forgiveness" is often a pretext to silence victims

Victims are not waiting for compensation but for their abuser-priests to be returned to the lay state, says Xavier Léger.

Dec 7, 2022

Seattle Archdiocese Pays $3 Million In Priest Abuse Settlements

The Seattle Archdiocese will pay $3 million to settle five sex abuse claims. The allegations detail abuse by several clergy members and a di

Nov 22, 2022

Italy's top official on Church sex abuse slams France's independent commission

Archbishop Lorenzo Ghizzoni harshly criticizes French bishops for allowing "people who know nothing about the life of the Church" to investi

Nov 21, 2022

Catholic reformers want big changes to a church marred by sex abuse

Talk of schism is in the air

Nov 17, 2022

Md. probe of Baltimore Archdiocese finds more than 600 clergy sexual abuse victims

A nearly four-year investigation of the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore found more than 600 young victims of clergy sexual abuse over...

Nov 10, 2022

Transparency essential for healing abuse victims, says leading nun

Transparency essential for healing abuse victims, says leading nunThe president of the Conference of Men and Women Religious of France tells

Nov 1, 2022

The Vatican's investigation of sex abuse cases still not transparent

The pope and his aides in Rome continue to ignore the demands for transparency when it comes to dealing with allegations of sexual abuse aga

Oct 26, 2022

Missing in Action

Where are the nuns?