At least 231 children who sang in a boys’ choir led for 30 years by the brother of former Pope Benedict XVI were abused over a period of almost four decades, a lawyer investigating reports of wrongdoing
Pope declines Dalai Lama meeting in Rome
File Under: DISAPPOINTED!
Pope Francis will not meet the exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama because of the “delicate situation” with China, the Vatican says.
The Dalai Lama, who is visiting Rome, had requested a meeting.
A Vatican spokesman said
Archdiocese hires criminal defense attorney in Nienstedt investigation
By Jean Hopfensperger
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has hired a prominent criminal defense attorney to continue its investigation into possible sexual misconduct by Archbishop John Nienstedt.
Attorney Peter Wold has been retained to continue the investigation completed
Gay Catholic Music Director Files Discrimination Complaint Against Church For Unfair Termination
by Jack Jenkins
Colin Collette, a gay man, worked as the music director of Holy Family Catholic Community in Inverness, Illinois for 17 years, preparing songs for worship and orchestrating liturgy for weekly services. When Illinois embraced marriage equality in
Chicago Archdiocese Offers Sex Abuse Data
By MITCH SMITH and MICHAEL PAULSON
CHICAGO — The Roman Catholic archdiocese here released thousands of internal documents on Thursday that detailed decades of sexual abuse by its priests, a disclosure timed just days before the retirement of the current
Church ‘leaving falsely accused priests in limbo’
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
Dell Rapids coach comes out in national article
By Brian Allen
Now to the story of a Dell Rapids man who decided to reveal he was gay in one of the most public ways possible.
Nathan Alfson wrote an article for the web site “Outsports”, telling of his
Pope Francis says 2% of clerics are sexual abusers
Italian newspaper, La Repubblica, quotes Pope Francis
About two per cent of Roman Catholic clerics are sexual abusers, an Italian newspaper on Sunday quoted Pope Francis as saying, adding that the pontiff considered the crime “a leprosy in our house”.
Report: Archbishop Nienstedt being investigated by firm hired by archdiocese
Surprise, Surprise!
By Grant Gallicho
Archbishop John Nienstedt of St. Paul and Minneapolis is being investigated for “multiple allegations” of inappropriate sexual conduct with seminarians, priests, and other men, according to the archbishop’s former top canon lawyer, Jennifer Haselberger. The