By grace garces bordallo
A 95-year-old Catholic priest admitted to sexually abusing boys decades ago on Guam. He said he confessed his sins to other priests on the island at the time but none told him to specifically stop.
How to Prevent Suicide in Clergy Abuse Victims
By Jennifer McGregor*
In recent years, the Vatican released its records of sexual abuse punishment, revealing an alarming 3,400 cases since 2004. Of course, these are only the offenders who were caught. The actual
The only way to restore public confidence in Catholic bishops
By Phil Lawler
The revelation that the apostolic nuncio in Washington quashed an investigation into the alleged misconduct of an American archbishop is another damaging blow to the wounded credibility of the Catholic hierarchy. Nearly fifteen years after the sex-abuse
Minnesota Priest’s Memo Says Vatican Ambassador Tried to Stifle Sex Abuse Inquiry
Update: This article has been revised to include a response from
Child sexual-abuse victims and their supporters protest outside Basilica in Philadelphia
Priest sex abuse victim angered by lack of recourse: ‘None of them are registered sex offenders’
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Shaun Dougherty’s story begins on page 66 of the grand jury report into widespread child sexual abuse in the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese.
That page – one of 147 pages in the report detailing accusations against more than 50
Pope accepts resignation of Brazilian bishop in sex abuse case
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a Brazilian bishop who was accused of turning a blind eye to suspected pedophile priests in his diocese, the Vatican said on Wednesday.
The Vatican said Francis had accepted the
Deep pocketed interests denied justice to church abuse survivors
By Sister Maureen Paul Turlish
I have said it before and I will say it again:
Accountability and transparency for the crimes of childhood sexual abuse today and in the future absolves no one from the accountability and transparency for
Altoona man abused by priest kills himself just days after defeat of reform measure in bill
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He was 10 years old, the product of a devout Catholic family that worshipped at Holy Name Catholic Church in Ebensburg.
An altar boy, Brian Gergely should have been preoccupied with the task of assisting his priest
French cardinal suspends four paedophile priests
The Roman Catholic cardinal-archbishop of Lyon said on Thursday he had suspended four priests accused of paedophile activities and said their cases