At a United Nations hearing the Vatican tries to turn the moral question of whether child abuse is torture into a legal debate about jurisdictions.
By Barbie Latza Nadeau
This may come as a huge surprise to many Catholics,
Roman Catholic Church faces human-rights case over dismissal of employee
By GLORIA GALLOWAY
Ginette Chaumont says she devoted her life to the Roman Catholic Church, forgoing marriage and a family to serve for 22 years as the assistant to a series of Ottawa archbishops before menopause left her depressed, disorganized
Child sex abuse royal commission: Cardinal George Pell gives testimony in Sydney
BY THOMAS ORITI
Australia’s most senior Catholic cleric, Cardinal George Pell, has told an inquiry into child sexual abuse he should have exercised greater oversight in the case of a victim who sued the Church.
The hearing room at the
Priest in Pike County sex case promoted after move to Paraguay
By Beth Brelje
A Roman Catholic priest who was accused of molesting boys in Shohola and Moscow, Pa., has been promoted to the No. 2 position in his diocese in Paraguay.
That is according to a database released this week,
Trial set in Yakima alleged sex abuse case
A federal judge in Yakima is scheduled on Monday hear a case involving a man who sued the Catholic Diocese of Yakima over alleged clergy sexual abuse when he was a teenager.
The man, known in court documents as John
Church brings 1st Amendment into Eastside Catholic lawsuit
By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP
A gay vice principal who was forced out of his job at Eastside Catholic School filed a discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuit against the school and church on Friday. Lawyers for the church and school planned
Former vice principal sues Eastside Catholic over dismissal
Zmuda, the vice principal who was forced to resign from Eastside Catholic School after marrying his partner in a same-sex wedding, is filing a discrimination lawsuit against the school and the Archdiocese of Seattle.
Zmuda’s attorney, Richard H. Friedman, said
Pope hits out at criticism of Church over sexual abuse
File Under: What an incredibly stupid thing to say, Francis.
Pope Francis has strongly defended the Roman Catholic Church’s record on tackling sexual abuse by priests.
In a rare interview with an Italian newspaper, the Pope said “no-one else
Archdiocese of St. Louis turns over its clergy abuse names, as court ordered
By Jennifer S. Mann
The Archdiocese of St. Louis has complied with a judge’s order in turning over the names of priests who were accused of sexually abusing minors over a 20-year period, along with the names and contact information
UN committee blasts Vatican on sex abuse, abortion
By Nicole Winfield
The Vatican “systematically” adopted policies that allowed priests to rape and molest tens of thousands of children over decades, a U.N. human rights committee said Wednesday, urging it to open its files on pedophiles and bishops who