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WATCH: Victims Advocacy Group Says Cleveland Diocese Should Release More Abuser Names
Release more names and more information. That was the call from victims advocates to the Catholic Church in Cleveland. The recent revelation of a former St. Ignatius priest being credibly ...
WATCH: Hundreds March in Tyler, Texas in Support of Bishop Strickland
Hundreds of East Texas Catholics gathered in downtown Tyler on Saturday morning for a prayer march in support of the former bishop of Tyler, Joseph Strickland. “We are not here ...
WATCH: Former Southern Minnesota Priest Convicted of Homosexual Assault
A former priest with the Diocese of Winona-Rochester was convicted of performing sex acts on an intoxicated man during his jury trial this week. Ubaldo Roque Huerta, 51, stood trial ...
WATCH: Baltimore Priest Removed From Ministry After Abuse Claim Settlement Surfaces
A Baltimore priest was removed from his parish after the Archdiocese of Baltimore found out about a secret settlement between the priest and an adult male plaintiff, and is now ...
WATCH: Long Beach Priest Charged with Possessing More than 600 Child Porn Images
A Long Beach-based priest on Thursday was charged in Ventura County with possession of child pornography, prosecutors said. Rodolfo Martinez-Guevara, 38, was arrested Wednesday in Long Beach, according to the ...
Diocese of Ogdensburg Declares Bankruptcy Amid Sexual Abuse Lawsuits
Ogdensburg Becomes 30th U.S. Diocese to Declare Bankruptcy The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg in northern New York said Monday that it was filing for bankruptcy protection as it faces ...
Bishop Barber of Oakland Files Motion to Keep Names of Accused Child Sex Abusers Secret
The Catholic Diocese of Oakland is trying to keep the names of priests who abused children a secret. They filed that motion in a federal bankruptcy court as the diocese ...
Demonstrators Demand Knoxville Bishop’s Resignation
A group of advocates for child sex abuse victims held a demonstration in front of the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Sunday morning. The group demanded the ...
Pope Tries to Encourage Abuse Prevention Board Amid Turmoil
Pope Francis sought to encourage his embattled child protection advisory board Friday, following weeks of turmoil sparked by the latest resignation of a founding member and fresh questions about its ...
Sexual Abuse Investigation Ended for Priest Formerly Named to be Bishop of Duluth
The investigation of a Catholic priest who was accused of sexual abuse of a minor while serving in South Dakota has ended; and while the allegation couldn’t be proven, the ...
Director of Institute for Spiritual Direction Charged with Stealing $830,000 from Retired Priests
The former director of the Lansing Catholic Diocese's St. Francis Retreat Center has been arrested for allegedly embezzling $830,000 from three fellow priests, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Thursday ...
Indianapolis Priest Avoids Prison and Pleads Guilty in Teen Sex Abuse Case
A suspended Indianapolis Catholic priest has pleaded guilty to a felony charge stemming from allegations he sexually abused a teenage boy about six years ago. Suspended Catholic priest David Marcotte ...
Teen Sues Cleveland Diocese Saying It Failed To Protect Him From Sexual Abuse
A Northeast Ohio teenager has filed a civil lawsuit against the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland that alleges the diocese failed to protect him against his abuser: former priest Robert McWilliams ...
Former Omaha Chancellor Confesses to Stealing Over $100,000
A former chancellor for the Roman Catholic Church’s Archdiocese of Omaha has been charged with a new count of theft after he admitted to stealing money from the church to ...
Louisville Parishioners Sue Priest for Alleged Wrongful Use of Money
A civil lawsuit filed in Jefferson County alleges a Louisville priest, Rev. Anthony Ngo, wrongfully used church money by converting funds donated to the parish for his personal use. “I know ...
Cardinal Cupich Denies Vax Exemptions To His Flock
Cardinal Blase Cupich sent a message to priests in the Chicago Archdiocese Wednesday about Catholics and the COVID vaccine. He said religious exemptions for the vaccine go against church teachings, ...
Former Priest – Monsignor Craig Harrison – Subject of Two New Sexual Abuse Lawsuits
The law firm Jeff Anderson & Associates announced that on Wednesday it will file two lawsuits against former Bakersfield priest Craig Harrison and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno for ...
Minnesota Diocese Settles Abuse Claims for $21.5 Million
The Diocese of Winona-Rochester in Minnesota says it has reached a $21.5 million settlement with 145 individuals who were sexually abused by its clergy members. It's the last Catholic diocese ...
Leaked Transcript Shows NY Church Effort to Block Child Victims Act
When Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the longtime leader of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, introduced the Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program to the public in Oct. 2016, he expressed ...
WATCH: Chicago South Side Church Tagged With Graffiti
Chicago police are looking for the person who vandalized a church on the city's South Side. The damage was spotted outside Saint Mary's Catholic Church just before 11 a.m. in ...
WATCH: Scranton Virgin Mary Statue Marks 90th Incident of Catholic Vandalism in 2020
Scranton police are looking for the vandal who damaged a statue at the rectory of a Catholic church. Investigators said one person pulled down the statue of Mary outside the ...
