It’s been more than a year since Florida launched a statewide investigation into child sex abuse at the hands of Catholic priests, and it has since opened the door for victims of past crimes to come forward and share their stories. The Florida Attorney General’s office is not releasing the number of tips it … Read more
A 57-year-old Catholic priest in west Michigan is accused of a disturbing crime. Brian Stanley is accused of holding a teen boy against his will in the janitor’s room of a church. It allegedly happened back in 2013 in Otsego in Allegan County. Investigators say he wrapped the boy in Saran wrap and covered his … Read more
Every time Morris Daniels talks about the abuse he says received at the hands of defrocked deacon George Brignac, it’s clearly a painful experience. “When you’re a victim of this, it never goes away it doesn’t fizzle away,” Daniels said. Daniels settled with the church in March regarding the abuse at Holy Rosary in the … Read more
On the surface, Father James Poole seemed like the cool priest in Nome, Alaska. He founded a Catholic mission radio station that broadcast his Jesuit sermons alongside contemporary pop hits. A 1978 story in People magazine called Poole “Western Alaska’s Hippest DJ . Comin’ at Ya with Rock’n’Roll ‘n’ Religion.” Behind the radio station’s closed … Read more
Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley announced Thursday an investigation into clergy sex crimes within the Roman Catholic Church. The state’s top attorney will be given “unfettered” access to the records of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, Archbishop Robert Carlson said shortly after Hawley’s announcement. “Anything that we have we will turn over,” Carlson said. District … Read more
Allegations that disgraced ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick engaged in sex with adult seminarians have inflamed a long-running debate about the presence of gay men in the Roman Catholic priesthood. Some conservatives are calling for a purge of all gay priests, a challenging task given that they are believed to be numerous and few are open about … Read more