By Kieran Tapsell
Children of celibacy: What happens when priests’ vows are too hard to keep
Priests sometimes father children, but everyone involved can be trapped in a web of secrecy.
By Mark Woods
Roman Catholic priests take vows of lifelong celibacy. Probably the majority see it as a gift and a calling, and are content
Vatican orders former archbishop Jozef Wesolowski to stand trial for sex abuse
A Vatican prosecutor on Monday ordered the trial of a former Roman Catholic archbishop accused of paying for sex with children while he was a papal ambassador in the Dominican Republic and of possessing child pornographic material.
Jozef Wesolowski, a
Minneapolis Archbishop John Nienstedt resigns after charges over abuse scandal
By David Gibson
The Vatican on Monday (June 15) launched a major housecleaning of the scandal-plagued Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, accepting the resignation of Archbishop John Nienstedt along with that of Nienstedt’s top aide, Auxiliary Bishop Lee Piché.
Criminal Charges Filed Against Minnesota Catholic Archdiocese Over Mishandling of Sex Abuse Claims
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Twin Cities (Minnesota) Archbishop John Nienstedt (below) spent years arguing against LGBT rights. In 2007, he wrote that “those who actively encourage or promote homosexual acts… formally cooperate in a grave evil and, if they do so
Cardinal Pell’s response to victims “almost sociopathic,” says member of pope’s sexual-abuse commission.
During the May 31 broadcast of Australia’s 60 Minutes, a member of Pope Francis’s sexual-abuse commission described Cardinal George Pell’s treatment of victims as “almost sociopathic.” The 60 Minutes segment focused on Pell’s response to abuse
Catholic priest convicted of sexually assaulting sleeping woman on flight
A Catholic priest from California was found guilty Friday of sexually assaulting a sleeping woman aboard a U.S. Airways flight.
Father Marcelo De Jesumaria was convicted of abusive sexual contact by a federal jury in a three-day
Police search St. John’s Abbey for Hoefgen files
By David Unze
An investigator from the Hastings Police Department served a search warrant last week at St. John’s Abbey in connection with the prosecution of former abbey monk Fran Hoefgen.
The investigator was seeking abbey personnel records on Hoefgen,
Catholic priest says he was fired from New Jersey college’s ministry over support of pro-gay marriage No H8 Campaign
he former director of New Jersey school Seton Hall University’s campus ministry lost his job because he agreed on social media with a gay marriage equality group, Rev. Warren Hall said Friday on Twitter.
The tweet, which
Pope OKs resignation of US bishop for not reporting abuse
File under: Pretty amazing stuff!
By Nicole Winfiel
Pope Francis accepted the resignation Tuesday of a U.S. bishop who pleaded guilty to failing to report a suspected child abuser, answering calls by victims to take action against bishops who cover