A former Catholic priest faces a first-degree murder charge for allegedly killing a onetime beauty queen who was last seen alive the night he heard her confession.
John Feit, 83, had long been the main suspect in the 1960 death
Tracing the Bishops’ Culpability in the Child Abuse Scandal
Pope Francis’ commission on the clergy’s sexual violation of children had a timely private screening in Rome last week of “Spotlight,” the Oscar-nominated film about the pedophilia scandal in Boston. The film offers the Vatican, if
Australian paedophilia Commission gives green light to Pell testifying via video link
The Vatican Secretary for the Economy is being called to give evidence after he was accused of covering up an old abuse case. Polisca says the cardinal is unable to attend the hearing in person due to health reasons
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Critic of Vatican refuses to step down from sex abuse commission
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A prominent and outspoken British member of a papal advisory commission on sexual abuse by the clergy on Saturday
Former student priest arrested on suspicion of trying to pay to rape babies
Joel Wright, 23, detained at San Diego airport while carrying baby clothes and $2,000 in cash
A former student priest has been arrested on suspicion of trying to pay to rape a baby and a young girl,
Irish priest punished by Florida bishop for informing on pedophile colleague
By Cathy Hayes
A priest, originally from County Tyrone and now
Church child abuse scandals ‘tip of iceberg’ say real-life stars of Oscar-tipped film
By Fiachra Gibbons
The child abuse scandals plaguing the Catholic Church are only the tip of the iceberg, the journalists who exposed one of the hierarchy’s biggest cover-ups said Wednesday. Walter Robinson and Mike Rezendes, who won the Pulitzer Prize
Archdiocese of Seattle publishes names of child-sex abusers
The Archdiocese of Seattle has published a list of 77 child-sex abusers who served or lived in Western Washington over the past several decades.
Seattle Archbishop J. Peter Sartain on Friday apologized for the actions by clergy and religious brothers
What Pope Benedict Knew About Abuse in the Catholic Church
The election of Pope Francis, in 2013, had the effect, among other things, of displacing the painful story of priestly sexual abuse that had dominated public awareness of the Church during much of the eight-year papacy of
Italian bishop protected paedophile priest: Report
An Italian bishop aided and abetted a paedophile priest, telling him to avoid the police and shrugging off warnings the prelate was meeting teenage boys on Grindr, Italian media reported on Sunday (Dec 20).
Priest Antonello Tropea, 44, was arrested