Nation Dec 04 Recordings show how Mormon church kept child sex abuse claims secret A former Mormon bishop whom a top church official said committed “sexual transgression” with his own daughter was excommunicated after making a religious confession.
Nation Oct 12 Lawsuit in Arizona says Utah firm and lawmaker helped Mormons hide abuse Three children who were sexually abused by their father are accusing a Utah state legislator and a prominent Salt Lake City law firm of conspiring with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to cover up their abuse.
Nation Sep 28 Churches defend sex abuse reporting loophole Clergy in 33 states are exempt from laws requiring professionals such as teachers, physicians and psychotherapists to report information about alleged child abuse to police or child welfare officials.
Nation Jul 10 After lobbying, Catholic Church won $1.4 billion in coronavirus aid Houses of worship and faith-based organizations that promote religious beliefs aren’t usually eligible for money from the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Nation Jun 04 Brooklyn bishop accused by 2nd man of sex abuse in the 1970s The Roman Catholic bishop of Brooklyn, already under a church investigation for alleged sex abuse, has been accused by a second man of abuse in the 1970s, when the bishop was a parish priest in New Jersey.
Nation May 05 Saints emails, lawsuits could be buried in church bankruptcy A bankruptcy filing by New Orleans’ Roman Catholic archdiocese freezes sexual abuse lawsuits and could help bury the details of alleged cover-ups of predator priests and thousands of internal emails.
Nation Mar 05 Klobuchar calls for independent review of murder case after scrutiny In calling for an independent review, Klobuchar was yielding to increasing community pressure to re-open a case that interrupted her Democratic presidential primary run, after The Associated Press published the results of a yearlong investigation that uncovered major flaws in…
Nation Feb 18 After learning of Whitey Bulger LSD tests, juror has regrets Janet Uhlar's regret stems from dozens of letters Bulger wrote to her from prison. In some, he describes his unwitting participation in a secret CIA experiment with LSD called MK-ULTRA.
Nation Dec 31 Lawsuit says famous Jesuit abused boy 1,000 times around world A lawsuit filed Monday in state court in San Francisco alleges that a Jesuit priest sexually abused an American boy "more than 1,000 times, in multiple states and countries." In interviews with The Associated Press, Robert Goldberg describes sexual abuse…