Cardinal Dolan: U.S. Church on “right track” in sex abuse scandal
(CBS News) The Catholic Church of the United States is now on “thank God, the right track” in the wake of the scandal surrounding decades of child sexual abuse by priests and senior clergy’s moves to...
View ArticleUS Church pays abuse victims $10m as cardinal in Rome
(AFP) The Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay nearly $10 million to four men who alleged they were molested by a former priest in the 1970s, their lawyers said Tuesday. LA’s Cardinal...
View ArticleMake the Catholic church pay for its shameful silence
(The Guardian) The campaign by some in the Catholic church to limit the damage following Cardinal Keith O’Brien’s downfall was sadly inevitable. What could not have been foreseen, though, was how nasty...
View ArticleCatholic religious order abuse files may go public
(AP) — Less than three months after the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles released the files of priests accused of sex abuse, attorneys for victims are back in court seeking similar records...
View ArticleArchives reveal LA cardinal’s attempts to head off John Jay investigation
(NCR Online) In 2003, with the country newly focused on the sex abuse scandal in the Catholic church, a senior U.S. church leader attempted behind the scenes to head off the investigation of the crisis...
View ArticlePope Francis on sexual abuse by priests: Catholic Church must ‘act decisively’
(Reuters) Pope Francis wants the Catholic Church to “act decisively” to root out sexual abuse of children by priests and ensure the perpetrators are punished, the Vatican said on Friday. Francis, in a...
View ArticleCatholic orders to release secret files on molesting priests
(LA Times) Thousands of pages of secret files held by Roman Catholic orders concerning priests accused of molesting children will be released throughout the summer beginning as early as next month,...
View ArticleNew group aims to hold bishops accountable
(NCR) A group calling itself "Catholic Whistleblowers" celebrated its launch at a Manhattan news conference May 22.
View ArticleDolan Sought to Protect Church Assets, Files Show
(NY Times) Files released by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee on Monday reveal that in 2007, Cardinal Timothy F. Dolan, then the archbishop there, requested permission from the Vatican
View ArticleTom Carney: Church makes major strides against abuse
(Des Moines Register) In light of the publicity in recent years about the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests, it’s fair to ask, “Is the Catholic Church doing any better in protecting...
View Article‘Independent’ church body for abuse inquiry controlled by bishops
(The Guardian) A body set up by the Catholic church in Australia to oversee its dealings with the royal commission into child sexual abuse is not the predominantly lay-run organisation it has been...
View ArticlePa. court reverses Roman Catholic church official’s conviction
(AP) A Roman Catholic church official who has been jailed for more than a year for his handling of priest sex-abuse complaints had his landmark conviction reversed and was ordered released Thursday. A...
View ArticleAt UN, Vatican seeks limit on abuse responsibility
(AP) In its second grilling at the United Nations this year, the Vatican on Monday sought to limit its responsibility for the global priest sex abuse scandal by undercutting arguments it has violated...
View ArticleVatican to craft sex abuse protocols
(AP) Members of Pope Francis’ sexual abuse advisory board said Saturday they will develop “clear and effective” protocols to hold bishops and other church authorities accountable if they fail to report...
View ArticlePope Francis weighs the bishops’ role in the sex abuse scandal
(NYT) More than 700 Catholic priests had to be dismissed in a three-year period when the United States bishops finally reacted to the Church’s child abuse scandal. But noticeably absent in their...
View ArticleNCR Editorial: Clergy culture sustains sex abuse scandal
(NCR Online) The resignation of Marie Collins from the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors is a turning point in Pope Francis’ pontificate. It cannot be seen any other way. For all the...
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