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WATCH: Bankruptcy Judge Rejects Oakland Diocese Plan To Resolve Hundreds Of Sex Abuse Claims
A federal bankruptcy judge has rejected a plan from the Diocese of Oakland that would resolve nearly 350 sexual abuse claims and chart a path out of Chapter 11. Plaintiffs’ ...
Massachusetts AG Says Nearly 1,000 Children Were Abused In Dioceses Of Fall River, Springfield, And Worcester
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell's office released a report Wednesday detailing the findings of their investigation into child sexual abuse in the Catholic dioceses of Fall River, Springfield and ...
Archdiocese of Chicago Settles 9 Sex Abuse Claims, Paying $5.4M
The Archdiocese of Chicago recently settled out of court with nine people who accused eight Chicago-area priests of sexually abusing them decades ago. The settlements, totaling $5.4 million, were all ...
Archdiocese of Baltimore Seeks Charitable Immunity in Sex Abuse Bankruptcy Case
The Archdiocese of Baltimore was back in court on Monday as a judge weighs whether to grant a dismissal of its bankruptcy case. The hearing came after the church filed ...
Cincinnati Priest Under Investigation For Alleged Computer Pornography
A priest with the Archdiocese of Cincinnati has been placed on administrative leave, pending an investigation into alleged computer activity. Father Edward Burns has served as the pastor at St ...
WATCH: Massachusetts Priest Removed After Sexual Misconduct Investigation
Your browser does not support the video tag. The Diocese of Fall River announced Father Jay Mello will not be returning to St. Michael and St. Joseph Parishes after a ...
GOOD NEWS: Catholic Charities of San Diego Lays-Off Employees
Another San Diego-area charity is being forced to lay off its employees. Catholic Charities of San Diego says it's letting dozens of its workers go because of the Trump administration's ...
WATCH: Young Sex Abuse Survivor – ‘The House is STILL Burning’
At just 22 years old, the man NBC Bay Area is calling John Doe might be the youngest clergy abuse survivor now suing the Catholic church in California. While more ...
WATCH: $orry $ister, But People Are No Longer Listening
Sister Norma Pimentel claims her organization only provided assistance to migrants processed by Biden's border patrol, but she has turned a blind eye to the illegal invasion enabled by the ...
WATCH: Bishop Stowe is ‘Angry’ that Trump is Enforcing America’s Immigration Laws
From churches to nonprofits, community groups are reacting to major changes in immigration policies coming from the White House. That includes Bishop John Stowe and the Catholic Diocese of Lexington ...
WATCH: USCCB’s ‘Open Borders’ Czar Speaks-Out Against Trump Deportations
The Diocese of El Paso, joined by community leaders and advocates, gathered Thursday, Jan. 23 on the steps of St. Patrick Cathedral in Central El Paso to challenge President Donald ...
Sex Abuse Attorneys SLAM McElroy’s Appointment
Attorneys representing alleged victims of sexual abuse by priests in the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego Tuesday criticized Pope Francis' appointment of Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, bishop of San ...
Oakland Diocese Accused of Transferring $106 Million Just Before Bankruptcy
About a month before filing for bankruptcy last year, attorneys representing the interests of clergy sex abuse survivors allege the Diocese of Oakland transferred $106 million into a non-profit called ...
WATCH: Oakland Bishop Forced to Face Abuse Victims in Court
In front of a packed courtroom, with Oakland Bishop Michael Barber looking on, eight survivors who East Bay priests sexually abused as children or teens recounted traumatic stories in front ...
RFK Compares CDC’s ‘Fascism’ To Catholic Church Child Abuse
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a dark view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2019, he called the federal agency’s vaccine division a fascist enterprise and accused ...
Buffalo News Man Shares Personal Story of Sexual Abuse
As we continue to follow the fallout of the crisis in the Buffalo Catholic Diocese, we find ourselves in the unusual position of telling the story of one of our ...
Illegal Alien, Potentially Assisted by Catholic Charity, Found Guilty of Murdering Laken Riley
The man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley was found guilty of murder Wednesday in a case that became a flashpoint in the immigration debate earlier this year, ...
WATCH: Diocese of Burlington Becomes 35th U.S. Diocese to Declare Bankruptcy
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington has filed for bankruptcy protection after years of financial losses from settlements paid to survivors of clergy sexual abuse. Vermont's last remaining diocese joins ...
WATCH: Rochester Bankruptcy Case Leaves Survivors Waiting For Justice
Survivors of childhood sexual abuse are frustrated that the Catholic Diocese of Rochester’s bankruptcy case is still unresolved. Carol Dupre was 15 when her parish priest, who was forty years ...
WATCH: New York Bishops Could Tap BILLIONS For ‘Global’ Sex Abuse Settlement
As the future of six Catholic dioceses in New York remain clouded by bankruptcies brought on by thousands of lawsuits from people who say they were sexually abused as children ...
WATCH: Fall River Pastor Placed on Leave Amid Repeated Sexual Misconduct Allegations
Officials announced Father Jay Mello has been placed on leave by the Diocese of Fall River after allegations of sexual misconduct. On Wednesday, an attorney revealed that this was not ...
