W ARSAW, March 9 (Reuters) - Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a Polish bishop for negligence in handling cases of sexual abuse committed by some clergy against minors, his ...
The WSW report found at least 497 cases of abuse at the Archdiocese of Munich between the years 1945 and 2019, and mostly involved young males A distraught Pope Francis again pledged justice for ...
ROME — The clergy sexual abuse scandal is slowly gathering steam in Italy with increasing media coverage, criminal convictions and the launch Monday of an investigative podcast dedicated to a ...
Pope Francis on Thursday defrocked a notorious Belgian bishop who admitted 14 years ago that he sexually abused his nephew but faced no Vatican punishment. The case of Roger Vangheluwe, the ...
The Vatican said Thursday that Bishop Roger Vangheluwe, 87, had been “dismissed from the clerical state” after “serious new ...
Pope Francis holds the pastoral staff as he celebrates a mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Oct. 10, 2021. (Gregorio Borgia/AP) (CN) — Vatican City cannot be sued in European courts ...
Pope Francis has dismissed Michael Zacharias, a former priest from Mansfield and Fremont who was found guilty in 2023 of ...
Pope Francis has ordered the laicization of a North Dakota priest who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman in that state. Diocese of Fargo Bishop John Folda said in a statement this ...
FILE – Pope Francis waves during the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, on March 10, 2024. The clergy sexual abuse scandal is ...
ROME (AP) — The clergy sexual abuse scandal is slowly gathering steam in Italy with increasing media coverage, criminal convictions and the launch Monday of an investigative podcast dedicated to ...
Italy Church Abuse FILE - Pope Francis waves during the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, on March 10, 2024. The clergy sexual abuse ...