News

Pope Francis had a troubled course on dealing with clergy sexual abuse
Pope Francis had a learning curve on clergy sexual abuse, with the turning point coming in 2018. Few people could have ...
Sex Abuse Advocate Portrayed by Stanley Tucci in “Spotlight” Speaks Out After Death of Pope Francis
Although Pope Francis had good intentions when denouncing clergy sexual abuse he was met with great resistance within the ...
Survivors of child sex abuse accuse Baltimore Archdiocese of avoiding compensation payments, claiming "charitable immunity"
A lawsuit filed on behalf of child sexual abuse survivors claims that the Archdiocese of Baltimore is trying to skirt its ...
Buffalo Diocese Agrees to Pay $150 Million to Settle Sex Abuse Claims
The provisional settlement comes after years of negotiation with the scandal-plagued diocese in New York’s second-largest ...
Thomas G. Plante: False claims of clergy sexual abuse hurt everyone, including legitimate victims
The Chicago archdiocese’s lawsuit is the first serious legal pushback against false clergy sexual abuse claims against the ...
Church sexual abuse survivors' group calls on next pope "to do what Francis refused"
The Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests marked the death of Pope Francis by calling his papacy a "preventable catastrophe" for people "abused during his tenure." ...
Buffalo diocese agrees to pay $150M to settle sex abuse claims
The scale of the misconduct in the Diocese of Buffalo — which is home to about 600,000 Catholics in New York’s second largest city — was striking in scope.