By Caroline O’Doherty
A Catholic priest found not guilty of sexually assaulting a teenage girl is embroiled in a row with his order and the Archbishop of Dublin over claims they are punishing him for being accused.
Carmelite father Chris
Trial showed that Kansas City diocese hasn’t learned enough from its past
By Mary Sanchez
The Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph showed itself as a forgiving, diligent shepherd in the civil trial just concluded.
But the sheltering love was for priests’ welfare first. Less attention was apparent for parishioners’ concerns, and
Seattle Archdiocese pays $12M to settle sex abuse claims
“I deeply regret the pain suffered by these victims,” Archbishop J. Peter Sartain said. REALLY? He doesn’t regret the rapist clergy or his predecessors who facilitated the rapists. Is anyone else sick to death with these non-apology apologies? This kind
Second priest defies Church of England to marry his same sex partner
Rev Andrew Cain puts wedding pictures on Facebook as first cleric to marry same sex partner stripped of permission to work as a priest
By Andrew Brown
A second priest has defied the Church of England’s official line to marry
Diocese of Winona explains why it’s paying priest who admitted abuse
Curious that they have to “follow the law” when it involves paying a priest rapist, but not paying the victims of the priest rapist.
By Jerome Christenson
The Diocese of Winona has offered a public explanation of why it continues
St. Louis Archbishop Didn’t Know Sex With Children Was a Crime
This person couldn’t tell the truth if his life depended upon it. How does he sleep at night? What a scandal!
By Erik Ortiz
The St. Louis archbishop embroiled in a sexual abuse scandal testified last month that he
Retired Archbishop Flynn doesn’t recall details from his handling of clergy abuse
By Madeleine Baran
Faced with tough questions under oath last month, former Twin Cities archbishop Harry Flynn said at least 134 times that he could not remember how he handled clergy sexual abuse cases during his 13-year tenure, according to
Galway historian reveals truth behind 800 orphans in mass grave
By: Cahir O’Doherty
There is a growing international scandal around the history of The Home, a grim 1840’s workhouse in Tuam in Galway built on seven acres that was taken over in 1925 by the Bon Secours sisters, who turned
Catholic Church forces woman to leave job after gay marriage is revealed
By MARY SANCHEZ
Colleen Simon insisted on performing her job this week out of devotion.
On Wednesday, she managed a delivery of 2,000 pounds of food for the pantry at St. Francis Xavier Church. It’s work she sees as fulfilling
Torture the Little Children? The Catholic Church Says It’s Not Responsible
At a United Nations hearing the Vatican tries to turn the moral question of whether child abuse is torture into a legal debate about jurisdictions.
By Barbie Latza Nadeau
This may come as a huge surprise to many Catholics,