Today’s Washington Post reports on a highly troubling story (Arlington Diocese parishioners question need for fidelity oath) about a rising trend in Catholic dioceses to require workers — including volunteers who teach religious education — to affirm some sort of
Diocese seeks relief from clergy sex abuse verdict
The Catholic Diocese of Green Bay says its First Amendment rights protect it from liability in a civil lawsuit filed by two childhood victims of clergy sex abuse.
Brothers Todd and Troy Merryfield were awarded $700,000 in May by an
Exit, Don’t Enable the Roman Catholic Church
By Wayne Besen
If there is one thing that irks me, it is having the Roman Catholic Church preach to me about sexual morality. It is a religious sect led by a virulently homophobic Pope that goes out of its
Vatican report attempts mere excuse not explanation
COMMENTARY
RITE & REASON: THE REPORT on the apostolic visitation reflects an exercise in irrelevancy. The visitors listened but did they hear? The report includes the standard apologies, blame for the bishops and religious superiors, and praise for all the
Memo: Philly parish misled about pastor’s leave
Prosecutors read dozens of confidential church documents aloud in court Tuesday to try to prove the Philadelphia archdiocese routinely buried complaints that priests were molesting children.
Monsignor William Lynn is the first Roman Catholic official in the U.S. charged with
Vatican ruled by ‘omerta’ code of silence, whistle-blower claims
The Vatican is ruled by a climate of fear and an ‘omerta’ code of silence, a whistle-blower has claimed.
The mole claims to be one of more than 20 people within the Holy See who have leaked sensitive documents to
Monsignor: Philly cardinal shredded abuse list
A Roman Catholic church official facing trial in a priest child abuse scandal created a list of problem priests in 1994, but Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua had it destroyed, according to a defense memo filed Friday.
Monsignor William Lynn, who’s accused
Lawyers press for more SNAP documents, testimony
Attorneys who deposed the director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) in January are requesting he be compelled to give more testimony and allege that the group is not covered by confidentiality protections afforded to rape
200 priests suspected of abuse living in California, victims’ lawyer says
Some 200 Catholic priests suspected of sexual abuse are living undetected in communities across California, according to an attorney who represents hundreds of plaintiffs who sued the LA Archdiocese alleging molestation they say was inflicted on them by priests and
Philly Judge Again Finds Church Cardinal Competent
A retired Roman Catholic cardinal with dementia is competent and his recent deposition testimony can be used at an upcoming priest abuse trial, a judge ruled Monday.
A church official charged with child endangerment and accused of keeping pedophiles in