Jun 11 Prosecutors crack down on clergy abuse as bishops gather for conference By Juliet Linderman, Garance Burke, Martha Mendoza, Associated Press For decades, leaders of the Roman Catholic Church were largely left to police their own. But now, as American bishops gather for a conference to confront the reignited sex-abuse crisis this week, they're facing the most scrutiny ever from secular… Continue reading
Jun 10 LGBTQ Catholics denounce Vatican’s document on gender identity By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press The document rejected the idea that people can choose or change their genders and insisted on the sexual "complementarity" of men and women to make babies. Continue reading
Jun 06 Prosecutors say Australian cardinal’s convictions should stand By Rod McGuirk, Associated Press The most senior Catholic to be found guilty of child sex abuse will spend his 78th birthday in an Australian prison on Saturday as three judges consider whether to overturn his convictions on charges of molesting two choirboys in a… Continue reading
Jun 05 Australian Cardinal Pell appeals child sex convictions By Rod McGuirk, Associated Press Pell's lawyer argued for more than five hours that the five verdicts against Pell were "unsafe and unsatisfactory" and should be overturned. Continue reading
Jun 04 AP report: Woman accuses top U.S. cardinal of dismissing sex abuse case By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Laura Pontikes, a 55-year-old construction executive in Texas, had been at a low point in her life when she sought spiritual counseling from Monsignor Frank Rossi, the longtime No. 2 official in the Galveston-Houston archdiocese Cardinal Daniel DiNardo heads. Instead,… Continue reading
May 31 Catholic Church reports number of sex-abuse allegations has doubled By David Crary, Associated Press During the period from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018, 1,385 adults came forward with 1,455 allegations of abuse. Continue reading
May 21 WATCH: Wilton Gregory installed as new archbishop of Washington By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press The Rev. Wilton D. Gregory was installed Tuesday as the seventh archbishop of Washington following a pair of high-profile sexual abuse cases that ensnared his two predecessors. Continue reading
May 09 In new church law Pope orders clergy to report abuse — but not necessarily to police By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Pope Francis issued a groundbreaking law Thursday requiring all Catholic priests and nuns around the world to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-ups by their superiors to church authorities, in a new effort to hold the Catholic hierarchy accountable for… Continue reading
May 02 Catholic services in Sri Lanka capital canceled again By Bharatha Mallawarachi, Associated Press Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith canceled all Sunday services in the diocese based on the latest security reports. Continue reading
Apr 29 Sri Lanka bans face coverings in crackdown after Easter bombings By Krishan Francis, Associated Press The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka has urged the government to crack down on Islamic extremists. Continue reading