The global advocacy group End Clergy Abuse is seeking to draw attention to the failure of Pope Francis to make good on years of pledges of “zero tolerance” for abuse.
ROME (AP) — Clergy sexual abuse survivors on Monday unveiled a proposed new church law calling for the permanent removal of ...
PLEASE COME FORWARD. I CAN’T TELL YOU THE BURDEN THIS WILL LIFT FROM YOU. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1ST. COULD BE A GAME CHANGER. ABUSE SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES SAY THAT’S WHEN A NEW LAW TAKES EFFECT.
The Archdiocese of Baltimore filed for bankruptcy on Friday, in a move that lawyers and advocates argue is timed to silence abuse victims and protect the church’s assets, just as a new state law ...
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Earlier this week, the 94-year-old former pope denied he knew about allegations of sex abuse at the Mexico-based Legionaries of Christ Catholic religious order.
Bishops pray at the start of a session of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican Oct. 9, 2018. (Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.) Listen ROME – In a bold new statement, the Vatican’s Pontifical ...
A new chance for justice begins this weekend for some sex abuse survivors in Maryland. The Child Victims Act of 2023 takes effect on Oct. 1, lifting the statute of limitations on abuse cases so ...
Former Pope Benedict XVI asked for forgiveness from victims of sexual abuse in Catholic churches in a statement published Tuesday. “I can only express to all the victims of sexual abuse my profound ...
Dave Lorenz of SNAP (Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests) shows on April 5 the Maryland Attorney General's report into clergy abuse within the Archdiocese of Baltimore. (Bill O'Leary/The ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana authorities would have more time to press criminal charges in child sexual abuse cases under a bill endorsed by a legislative committee. The Senate criminal law ...