Woman’s suit against Lutheran youth pastor is first in an effort to get more to step forward.
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Girls abused by clergy members, and others, are focus of new team
Minnesota diocese files for bankruptcy after sex abuse award
By JEFF BAENEN
The Diocese of Duluth, a sprawling but sparsely populated Roman Catholic diocese in northeastern Minnesota, filed an emergency petition for federal bankruptcy protection Monday after a jury found it partially responsible for millions of dollars awarded in
St. John’s Abbey monk accused of abuse reports 200 sexual encounters
‘Hippie ex-priest’ put ‘Spotlight’ on sexual abuse
Richard Sipe’s studies of celibacy helped uncover the Catholic Church’s scandal
In the new movie “Spotlight,” a character describes
US bishops advise dioceses how to deal with ‘Spotlight’ movie
File under: PR Before Contrition
The Church wants clergy to be ready to help those for whom the film triggers painful memories
By Lisa Wangsness
Roman Catholic Church leaders in the United States have sent talking points to dioceses around
Jury Awards Plaintiff $8.1 Million in Duluth Clergy Abuse Case
By Virginia Carter
The jury attributed 60 percent fault to the Diocese of Duluth and the other 40 percent to the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, a religious order based in St. Paul. The victim testified that he was molested by
Haitian officials look into new allegations against man who founded orphanage
Michael Geilenfeld won a defamation case against a Freeport man in a federal civil trial in Portland this past summer.
Haitian investigators are looking into new allegations of child sex abuse against an American man who founded an orphanage for
Peru Catholic Society Admits Sex Abuse Probe against Founder
A secretive Roman Catholic society with chapters across South America and in the U.S. has revealed under pressure that a Vatican investigator is looking into allegations that its founder sexually molested young recruits.
The scandal at the Peru-based Sodalitium Christianae
Italy diocese fires Roman Catholic priest over pedophilia comments
Italy’s Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday fired a priest who said he could “understand” how pedophilia by clergy could occur because some children yearned for affection.
The diocese of Trento, in northern Italy, said Father Gino Flaim,
Chile Catholic Church rocked by e-mail scandal
