File Under: What an incredibly stupid thing to say, Francis.
Pope Francis has strongly defended the Roman Catholic Church’s record on tackling sexual abuse by priests.
In a rare interview with an Italian newspaper, the Pope said “no-one else
Catholic church will name 50+ priests who abused 100s of children in state
By Mike Dennison
Most of the 362 sex-abuse victims who sued the Catholic church of western Montana, saying they were abused years ago by priests and nuns, will get monetary damages from a settlement with the church.
But they’ll see
Archdiocese of St. Louis turns over its clergy abuse names, as court ordered
By Jennifer S. Mann
The Archdiocese of St. Louis has complied with a judge’s order in turning over the names of priests who were accused of sexually abusing minors over a 20-year period, along with the names and contact information
UN committee blasts Vatican on sex abuse, abortion
By Nicole Winfield
The Vatican “systematically” adopted policies that allowed priests to rape and molest tens of thousands of children over decades, a U.N. human rights committee said Wednesday, urging it to open its files on pedophiles and bishops who
Minnesota Catholic Church Leaders Cover Abuse With Cash
File under: Follow The Money
by Robert Lawson
Catholic church leaders in Minnesota were investigated by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR), who alleges that the church embezzled funds to cover child abuse and other misconduct with church cash, sources in
Chicago Archdiocese hid abuse for decades, documents show
Soft peddling bullshit: The archdiocese released a statement Tuesday saying it knows it “made some decisions decades ago that are now difficult to justify” and that society has evolved in how it deals with abuse.
After a 13-year-old boy
Chicago Catholic archdiocese releases documents detailing cover-up of abuse
Settlement between archdiocese and victims reveals decades of evasion and bungled action by church officials
By Karen McVeigh
Thousands of pages of previously secret documents relating to the abuse of children by Roman Catholic priests in the archdiocese of
Archbishop faces trial in Vatican over teenage ‘rent boys’
A POLISH archbishop could become the first cleric to be put on trial by the Vatican for alleged child abuse.
It was announced at the weekend that Josef Wesolowski was under criminal investigation as a citizen of the Holy See.
Vatican ‘won’t turn in bishop charged with molesting Dominican boys
File under: The more things change, the more they stay the same
Santo Domingo.- The Vatican on Friday rejected a Warsaw Office of the Prosecutor’s request to hand over its former envoy to Dominican Republic, the Pole Jozef Wesolowski,
Archbishop Nienstedt Accused of Inappropriately Touching Minor
The head of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis is stepping aside from public ministry after an allegation that he touched an underage male.
Archbishop John Nienstedt denies the allegations, but is removing himself from ministry pending an investigation.