Publication: Baltimore Sun
900 to 1,000 Filed Sex Abuse Claims in Archdiocese of Baltimore Bankruptcy Case
Between 900 and 1,000 people have filed claims in the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s bankruptcy case, alleging they were sexually abused as children by people employed by the Catholic Church’s, a ...
Abuse Survivor to Archbishop Lori: ‘Do You See Me Now?’
The 58-year-old woman couldn’t bear to share the details of the sexual abuse she suffered as a child, but its effect on her came across loud and clear Monday in ...
Tensions With Insurers Mount in Archdiocese of Baltimore Bankruptcy Case
Tensions are growing in the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s bankruptcy case around the role of the church’s insurers. Baltimore’s arm of the Catholic Church, America’s oldest archdiocese, has sued its insurers ...
Maryland: New Database Expands List of Those Accused in Catholic Church Abuse Beyond Baltimore Archdiocese
Kurt Rupprecht was elated last spring when the Maryland attorney general’s office went public with its report on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. But it left the Harford County ...
Archdiocese of Baltimore Adds 42 More Names to it’s List of Credibly Accused Sexual Abusers
The additions, approved at the direction of Archbishop William Lori, mark the largest single expansion of the archdiocese’s credibly accused list since it first published 57 names in 2002 as ...
In Latest Fallout From Baltimore Sex Abuse Report, Some People Leave Their Roles
The director of the Maryland State Boychoir has resigned after he was identified as one of the 156 Catholic Church staff named in a Maryland Attorney General’s Office report on ...
Time for ‘A Public Reckoning’ for Archbishop Lori: Baltimore Judge Orders Release of Redacted Abuse Report
A public accounting of the systemic sexual abuse of children within the local Catholic Church is imminent, with a judge ordering the Maryland attorney general’s office to release its report ...
Priest Who Told Church Official He Was Attracted to Teenage Boys Told Not To Worry About It
In the 1980s, Father Brian Cox told an official with Catholic church he had a problem – he was attracted to teenage boys. The official, according to court papers, brushed ...
Bishops Will Seek “Middle Way” on Communion
Canon 915 and 916 are clear, but leave it up to the U.S. Bishops to obfuscate the issue when it comes to giving Holy Communion to Catholic politician who support ...
Former Philadelphia Priest Pleads Guilty to Lying to Agents Investigating Clergy Abuse
Former Philadelphia priest Robert Brennan, 83, changed his plea to guilty Wednesday in federal court, according to court documents. The charges stem from a federal investigation undertaken after Pennsylvania Attorney ...
Case of Notorious Calvert Hall Priest Cited in Recent Report on Clergy Abuse
The case of a notorious Baltimore-area Catholic priest is cited in a recent report as a key example of how church officials shuffled clergy accused of sexual abuse, leaving more ...
Baltimore-Based Xaverian Brothers Say 34 Catholic Brothers Accused of Abuse
The Baltimore-based Xaverian Brothers released Friday a list of 34 members who have been accused of sexually abusing children. The list includes two men “with a credible or established offense against a ...
Maryland Jesuits Release List of bout 30 Men ‘Credibly Accused’ of Abuse
The Maryland Province of Jesuits on Monday released a list of about 30 priests and other order members who have been “credibly accused” of sexual abuse of children since 1950 ...
Maryland Attorney General Conducting Investigation of Child Sex Abuse at Catholic Churches and Schools
A notice on the webpage of Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh suggests that state authorities are conducting an investigation similar to one in Pennsylvania that found decades of child sex abuse by ...