Publication: Boston Globe
Victims of Sexual Abuse at St. Aloysius Orphanage File lawsuits Against Catholic Church in R.I.
SMITHFIELD, R.I. — In the last years of his life, the former director of St. Aloysius Home insisted that the children who said they’d been raped by priests and staff ...
‘The Scale … Is Stunning’ – Report Shows R.I. Diocese Mishandled Sexual Abuse By Clergy
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha said he is about to send the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence a report that shows the church “did not respond well” to ...
‘They Knew And They Let It Happen’: Uncovering Child Abuse In The Catholic Church
The Spotlight Team revealed the church’s secret protection of pedophile priests in a series with global repercussions. [Photo above: A man protesting against Cardinal Bernard Law faces a group of ...
Defrocked Cardinal McCarrick Criminally Charged With Sexually Assaulting a Teenager
Defrocked former cardinal Theodore McCarrick was charged Wednesday with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy during a wedding reception at Wellesley College in the 1970s, making him the highest-ranking Roman Catholic ...
Rhode Island’s Statue of Limitations Law To Be Tested By New Lawsuit
A former altar boy accusing a long-dead parish priest of sexually abusing him is bringing the first litigation under a new state law expanding the statute of limitations for similar ...
Vatican Abuse Czar Cardinal O’Malley Stays On After Formally Offering Resignation
Cardinal Sean O’Malley offered his resignation to Pope Francis over the weekend, but the Roman Catholic archbishop of Boston won’t be leaving his adopted hometown anytime soon, a spokesman for ...
This Catholic Has Lost Her Patience With The Church
On Aug. 16, 2018, Cardinal Sean O’Malley issued a statement responding to the Pennsylvania grand jury report about the cover-up of decades-long sexual abuse by priests in that state. Attempting to offer ...
Time’s Up on Pope Francis and Catholic Church Leaders Being Able to Handle Clergy Abuse Crisis
Time’s up for Pope Francis and the leaders of the Catholic Church. Catholics everywhere — and anyone who cares about children — should demand that our criminal justice system start ...
More than 1,000 Sign Letter Asking US Catholic Bishops to Resign
As Catholics throughout Greater Boston heard Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley’s message at weekend Masses assailing the church for “clerical sins and clerical failures” that caused the clergy sex abuse crisis, ...