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Nobody wins if the church gives up on its own abuse investigations
The President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Archbishop of Perth Timothy Costelloe SDB, was correct in labelling the...
Mar 4, 2024


Former Myrtle Beach church altar boy sues over priest’s alleged sex abuse
HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - A former altar boy at a Myrtle Beach parish is filing suit claiming he and others were groomed and sexually...
Feb 16, 2024


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...
Dec 2, 2023


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 12, 2023


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 11, 2023


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...
Oct 9, 2023


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 29, 2023


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 29, 2023


Having Nun of It
There’s a strange saga unfolding in Texas. It involves allegations and accusations of illicit sexual relationships, drug use, theft,...
Sep 5, 2023


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 30, 2023


San Francisco Archdiocese declares bankruptcy amid hundreds of lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse
Stop donating to Bishops who support guilty predators
Aug 27, 2023


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 18, 2023


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 13, 2023


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 5, 2023


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...
Aug 2, 2023


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 27, 2023


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 27, 2023


Abuse survivors speak out at bishop’s installation
Bishop Steven Wright of Hexham and Newcastle received prayer ribbons alongside his symbols of office.
Jul 27, 2023


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 19, 2023


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 18, 2023
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