Columnist: Laurie Goodstein
Federal Government Tells Catholic Bishops Not to Destroy Sex Abuse Documents
The Department of Justice has sent a sweeping request to every Roman Catholic diocese in the United States not to destroy documents related to the handling of child sexual abuse, ...
Pope Accepts Wuerl’s Resignation as Washington Archbishop, but Calls Him a ‘Model Bishop’
Pope Francis on Friday accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the archbishop of Washington, a moment many victims of clerical sexual abuse had hoped would demonstrate his commitment to ...
He Preyed on Men Who Wanted to Be Priests. Then He Became a Cardinal.
As a young man studying to be a priest in the 1980s, Robert Ciolek was flattered when his brilliant, charismatic bishop in Metuchen, N.J., Theodore E. McCarrick, told him he ...
American Cardinal Accused of Sexually Abusing Minor Is Removed From Ministry
Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington and a prominent Roman Catholic voice in international and public policy, has been removed from ministry after an investigation found credible ...