The Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg has filed a plan of reorganization with federal bankruptcy court. Under the proposed plan, an $18.25 million Survivor Compensation Trust will be established to provide financial restitution to survivors of clergy sexual abuse. The diocese and related entities will contribute $7.5 million to the trust, and insurers will provide … Read more
Dozens of Northern California Catholic priests and church employees – some still working, others retired or deceased – are being publicly accused for the first time of sexually abusing children in their care. The allegations suggest startling new depths to the decades-long scandal that continues to rock the church and its followers. Those new … Read more
Three months after members of the Dallas Jesuit community were named on a list of clergy “credibly accused” of sexual abuse of a minor, a lawsuit has been filed by a former student at Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas. The suit dates back to 1978 when it claims Donald Dickerson, a former Jesuit … Read more
The Chicago Archdiocese is in the midst of a major overhaul that will leave it with 123 fewer parishes by July 1 of this year. The archdiocese faces multiple challenges, including fewer Catholic priests, fewer people in the pews, old buildings that need repairs and financial shortages. Renata Gryzk, a parishioner who has seen her … Read more
A Miami priest who serves as a pastor at Saint James Catholic Church learned last month that he’s the father of a child, the archdiocese said Tuesday. Monsignor Chanel Jeanty discovered in December that he’d fathered the child from a relationship that ended over a year ago, the archdiocese said in a statement. Catholic … Read more
The chaplain of Bishop Dwenger High School, who also served as a pastor at a parish in a nearby county has resigned following allegations of sexual misconduct involving a minor. In a statement to Fort Wayne’s NBC Monday morning, the Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend said it was made aware of allegations against Father … Read more
As more governments, businesses and institutions implement COVID-19 vaccine mandates allowing for religious exemptions, Catholic leaders across the nation remain divided over whether or not they should sign off. To clear up any confusion in San Diego, Bishop Robert McElroy asked local priests to “caringly decline” any requests for endorsement from parishioners seeking a religious … Read more
Mulloy served under Bishop Robert Gruss and Cardinal Blase Cupich in the diocese of Rapid City. The Catholic Diocese of Rapid City has announced the resignation of Bishop-elect Michel Mulloy, who was appointed the Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota on June 19, 2020. On August 7, 2020, the Diocese of Rapid City received notification of an … Read more
The blaze comes just over a year after a massive fire at the historic Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. A fire ravaged a 15th-century cathedral in the western French city of Nantes on Saturday, blowing out stained-glass windows and destroying a grand organ. French officials said they suspected arson was behind the blaze at the Cathédrale … Read more
A lawsuit filed against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Greensburg in western Pennsylvania alleges that a former priest raped and sexually abused a minor for nearly six years. The 25-page complaint was first filed on June 5 by attorneys Richard Serbin and Andrew Janet on behalf of the victim. The lawsuit was officially confirmed for … Read more