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
Priests, parishes target Pa. legislators who backed sex-abuse bill
HARRISBURG – One lawmaker called it “electioneering.” Another grew emotional as she recounted being snubbed by a priest.
A Public Service Translation of a Catholic Bishop’s Letter Against SOL Reform
Archbishop Chaput of Philadelphia is circulating a letter to parishioners and schools to enlist Catholics to join him in his scorched earth battle against the child sex abuse victims his institution created as well as the
N.Y. pol says Brooklyn bishop tried to bribe her to drop child-abuse reform; diocese calls her allegation ‘patently false’
BY Kenneth Lovett Michael O’keeffe Stephen Rex Brown
The head of the Catholic Church in Brooklyn offered a $5,000 bribe to an Albany politician in exchange for dropping her support for the reform of a state law preventing victims of
… Continue reading Advocates for kids march across Brooklyn Bridge in support of Child Victims Act
BY Michael O’keeffe Stephen Rex Brown
More than 200 advocates for reform of the state’s statute of limitations on claims of child sexual abuse marched across the Brooklyn Bridge on Sunday, proudly proclaiming they were part of a new civil
Timothy Cardinal Dolan ripped for delaying talk on child sex abuse
File Under: SHAME, SHAME, SHAME!
The time may not be right for Timothy Cardinal Dolan to talk about child sex abuse,
Minnesota abuse victims claim Archdiocese hid financial assets
File Under: It’s The Time Honored Way…
Attorneys representing hundreds of clergy sexual abuse victims are claiming the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis has a net worth of about $1.7 billion – far more than the $45 million divulged
US Catholic church has spent millions fighting clergy sex abuse accountability
Lobbying funds have gone towards opposing bills that would extend statutes of limitations for child sex abuse cases or grant temporary windows to take action
The US Catholic church has poured millions of dollars over the past decade into opposing