Sexual Abuse

Lawyers for an English bishop accused of raping a minor have asked the court to dismiss the case. Bishop David Oakley of Northampton appeared in court at the Old Bailey ...

Let’s imagine that you are a good friend of another woman whose husband has been cheating on her with different women. Because you do not approve of adultery, and because ...

The Diocese of Palm Beach, Florida, said an internal inquiry substantiated allegations that one of its priests committed sexual misconduct and abuse of power, among other accusations leveled against him ...

The Archbishop of Barcelona received the first alert about the Guinardó parish priest in 2022, dismissed it as a “moral matter” and referred him to a psychologist. In September 2024 ...

While Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime today walks the Vatican corridors vested with the authority of Pro-Prefect of the Dicasterio for Consecrated Life and newly appointed judge of the Court of ...

Victims of sexual abuse at the hands of southeast Minnesota Catholic clergy and staff will receive $30 million under a recent settlement. Jeff Anderson & Associates, a law firm representing ...

When I moved cross-country in 2023, I contracted with a moving company that advertised low prices, only to learn they engaged in fraud, which required me to file suit against ...

Edgard Rimaycuna, personal secretary to Leo XIV, is a disciple of Father Eleuterio Vásquez, “Lute”, the priest from Chiclayo accused of abusing prepubescent minors aged 9 and 11. This information, ...

There exists in the Church a way of ending procedures for abuse of minors that does not involve a sentence, does not establish facts, does not hear the victim and ...

For over three decades, the allegations of sexual, psychological and spiritual abuse against Slovenian Father Marko Rupnik were met with cover-ups and bureaucratic delays. In a message to a safeguarding ...

Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago has reinstated a diocesan priest — known for his longtime social justice ministry — as pastor after an inquiry cleared the cleric of abuse ...

The Vatican defrocked a former priest in the Diocese of Scranton for sexually abusing a child, a move that permanently ends his time as a priest. Christopher R. Clay, 62, ...

Seton Hall University’s leadership tried to move on from the negative attention on its new president after an independent investigation released in July concluded he did nothing wrong in responding ...

A former Wisconsin priest has been charged with bail jumping and new sexual offenses against minors, the Diocese of Madison has confirmed. Andrew Showers was arrested Aug. 20 for attempted ...

In the past year, Holy Apostles Parish has seen its closure and, more recently, its assessment to help pay for the Diocese of Buffalo's $150 million settlement with child sex ...

If I grew up in a home in which I witnessed my father abusing my mother, might I, after I marry, likewise be abusive toward my wife? So many of ...

Forty-four Catholic dioceses and religious orders across the country have sought bankruptcy protection since clergy sexual abuse claims began forcing the issue two decades ago. Two of them are in Louisiana, and ...

Vilnius Archbishop Gintaras Grušas said Wednesday that the time was not yet right for an independent, large-scale investigation into the extent of sexual abuse in Lithuania’s Catholic Church over recent ...

Keith Amato says he was 6 years old when he was sexually abused by a priest in Van Buren, Maine. He says he suffered injuries and years of psychological trauma ...

When the Archdiocese of San Francisco announced in late June that it would pay $395 million to hundreds of people who were sexually abused as children by Bay Area priests, archdiocesan ...

Editor’s note: This story describes allegations of child sex abuse and contains a mention of suicide. A lawsuit filed last week accuses a Catholic priest of repeatedly groping a teenager ...