A Pennsylvania priest has been charged with molesting a teenage boy after police allegedly found him in a car on a college campus with a 15-year-old who was wearing no pants, according to a police criminal complaint filed Friday in
Kansas City priest sentenced to 50 years in prison for child porn
By Carey Gillam
A Kansas City Catholic priest was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Thursday on federal child pornography charges for taking sexually explicit photos of several young girls, including a 2-year-old.
Shawn Ratigan, 47, pleaded guilty in
Priest recounts in essay released in church files of fleeing from LA after he abuse confession
The orders the Rev. Carlos Rodriguez got from his religious superiors after he confessed to molesting a 16-year-old boy just hours before were swift and decisive: Leave immediately. Check into a motel. Don’t tell anyone where you are going. Wait
Book Review by John Minck
Secrecy, Sophistry and Gay Sex in the Catholic Church — Book Report
Rev. Richard Wagner, PhD, ACS
This is a tough book to read. It covers a complex and detailed, 13-year-long administrative action to dismiss a Catholic priest from his
Vatican Envoy To Dominican Republic Recalled Amid Sex Abuse Allegations
Following his abrupt removal from his post by the Vatican, authorities in the Dominican Republic will look into allegations of child sex abuse against the papal envoy to the Caribbean country, the attorney general said Wednesday.
Attorney General Francisco Domínguez
Polish priest’s dismissal exposes rift over dialogue with Jews
By Dagmara Leszkowicz
When the outspoken Polish priest Wojciech Lemanski returned with his parishioners to his church near Warsaw after holding a prayer vigil at the Treblinka Nazi death camp in early July, a dismissal notice awaited him.
The Warsaw
Bishop apologises for abuse at Fort Augustus School
Here’s a tip: when your apology includes words like, “mistakes were made,” instead of “we apologize for raping your children,” your apology is no apology at all.
One of Scotland’s most senior clerics has apologised for decades of physical and
Glendora Catholic school dismisses gay Rancho Cucamonga teacher after publicized wedding
By Melissa Pinion-Whitt,
A Rancho Cucamonga man who taught 17 years at a Catholic high school was fired from his job days after he married his gay partner in a San Bernardino civil ceremony.
While school representatives declined comment on
Five Catholic religious orders release files on L.A. clergy abuse
By Victoria Kim and Harriet Ryan
Confidential personnel records from five Catholic religious orders were turned over to victims of sexual abuse Wednesday in the first wave of a court-ordered public disclosure expected to shed light on the role the
New sex abuse crisis in Scottish Catholic church
Priest claims he was abused by older cleric, and church is punishing him for speaking out
By Catherine Deveney
The Catholic church in Scotland faces a fresh sex-abuse crisis involving some of the country’s senior clerics. The Observer has seen