The Catholic Diocese of Savannah and two of its bishops have been sued in South Carolina over alleged sexual abuse of a minor by former priest Wayland Y. Brown.
The suit, filed Nov. 16 in the Court of Common Pleas
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
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
Corruption scandal shakes Vatican as internal letters leaked
Say it ain’t so! Vatican and scandal in the same sentence? Can’t be!
The Vatican was shaken by a corruption scandal on Thursday after an Italian television investigation said a former top official had been transferred against his will after
Towson priest charged with indecent exposure
A Towson priest has been removed from duty at the Church of the Immaculate Conception after being arrested last week on indecent exposure charges.
According to a police report of the incident, Mark Stewart Bullock, 47, was at Bush River
September trial date set for KC bishop, diocese
The trial of Bishop Robert W. Finn and the diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo., the first bishop and diocese to face criminal charges in the decades-long clergy sex abuse crisis, has been set for September.
Finn and the diocese
Lawyers: Prosecutors hanging blame for Philly church abuse on 1 monsignor; March trial looms
Prosecutors are trying to hold a single Roman Catholic church official responsible for the priest abuse scandal in Philadelphia, defense lawyers argued Tuesday at a key hearing in a novel clergy-abuse case.
City prosecutors want to include accusations against dozens
The end of the mystique
A Philadelphia prosecutor has decisively — and good for him — ended 2000-years of unwarranted deference to the Catholic Church.
Prosecutors on Monday accused the Archdiocese of Philadelphia of being an “unindicted co-conspirator” in a clergy sex abuse case and
How long will church be allowed to keep its dangerous secrets?
An American priest, who has been financially supported for the past five years by the priest and parishioners of a Vancouver Catholic church, has been convicted of sexually molesting a minor by an ecclesiastical tribunal in Pennsylvania.
In its decision,