Jul 01 Rhode Island diocese releases list of dozens of priests accused of sexually abusing children By Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press Based on files dating back to 1950, the list of 50 names posted on the diocese website includes 19 priests and deacons who are still alive. Nearly all have been removed from ministry. Continue reading
Jun 17 Catholic Church considers allowing priests in the Amazon to marry By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press The Vatican suggested officials study the ordination of men "even if they have stable families, for the region's most remote areas."… Continue reading
Jun 12 Watch 9:41 Why survivors aren’t surprised by sexual abuse inside Southern Baptist churches The Southern Baptist Convention is the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S., with nearly 15 million members. Now, it’s facing a reckoning over allegations of sex abuse and concealment revealed by a Houston Chronicle investigation. Judy Woodruff speaks to Rachael… Continue watching
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