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.
A group of Catholic Church abuse victims and their advocates on Wednesday called on Pope Francis to enforce "zero tolerance" ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Soon after she learned what happened, Helmut Kramer’s mother grabbed a pair of scissors and cut the priest out of photographs from her son’s baptism. “She kept the photos after that,” said ...
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 ...
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.
The overture Pope Francis made to China earlier this month while he was in Mongolia was "well received" by Beijing's ...
An English coach at the center of a notorious child sex abuse scandal in professional soccer has died in prison, the British government’s justice department said Monday. Barry Bennell, who had ...
Soon after she learned what happened, Helmut Kramer’s mother grabbed a pair of scissors and cut the priest out of photographs ...
A clergy sex abuse scandal involving Chile’s most notorious pedophile, the priest Fernando Karadima, shook the South American country in 2010 in a way never seen in Latin America FILE - Members ...