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.
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 ...
Discerning Deacons, a group pressing for the pope to approve female deacons, as there were in the early church, sent a small ...
2:05 Pope Francis delivers opening statement at landmark sex abuse conference The figure includes abuses committed by some 3,000 priests and other people involved in the church — wrongdoing that ...
The whole point of the Child Victims Act for victims of child sex abuse — and the potential passage of the Adult Survivors Act for adult abuse victims — is to secure justice for those victims.
Sacramento City Unified and the city of Sacramento have settled lawsuits totaling more than $52 million related to sexual abuse at an elementary school after-school program a decade ago, the ...
A group of advocates who work to fight child sex abuse is asking New York state lawmakers to eliminate the statute of limitations on certain sex crimes committed against minors. Legislation that ...
Sheldon Snell, 52, pictured on April 13, is one of four members of the Penobscot Nation have sued the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland and Bishop Robert Deeley claiming they were sexually abused ...
MARYLAND- A bill expanding the rights of child sex abuse survivors in Maryland is set to go into effect next week. Under The Child Victims Act of 2023 the definition of “sex abuse” will expand ...
Campaigners are calling for governments around the world to treat child sex abuse as a global health emergency like Covid. A new UK-based institute, Childlight, says voluntary action by the tech ...
Campaigners are calling for governments around the world to treat child sex abuse as a global health emergency like Covid. A new UK-based institute, Childlight, says voluntary action by the tech ...
