‘Our people are crying out’: Bishops weigh anti-abuse action despite Vatican delay
Several Roman Catholic bishops on Tuesday urged colleagues at their national meeting to take some sort of action on the clergy sex abuse crisis despite a Vatican order to delay voting on key proposals.
Pope authorizes study of Vatican archives into McCarrick scandal
Pope Francis has authorized a "thorough study" of Vatican archives into how a prominent American cardinal advanced through church ranks despite allegations that he slept with seminarians and young priests.
‘I won’t say a word about it’: Pope Francis doesn’t address claims that he knew of allegations against ex-archbishop
Pope Francis declined Sunday to confirm or deny claims by the Vatican's retired ambassador to the U.S. that he knew in 2013 about sexual misconduct allegations against the former archbishop of Washington, Theodore McCarrick, but rehabilitated him anyway.
U.S. prelate McCarrick resigns from College of Cardinals
Pope Francis has accepted U.S. prelate Theodore McCarrick's offer to resign from the College of Cardinals following allegations of sexual abuse.
One of the most recognized faces of the American Catholic Church was removed from the public ministry last month, making Cardinal Theodore McCarrick the highest ranking Catholic official in the nation to be removed for sexual abuse of a minor.
The retired Roman Catholic archbishop of Washington, D.C., has been removed from public ministry and faces further punishment over a "credible" allegation that he sexually abused a teenager while a priest in New York more than 40 years ago.
