Pope Francis concluded his challenging visit to Belgium by demanding that sexually abusive clergy be judged, condemning the Church’s history of cover-ups. Addressing tens of thousands, he emphasized ...

Pope Francis on Tuesday led a prayer service asking forgiveness for the failings of the Catholic Church, including treatment ...

Pope Francis urged Catholic bishops to be more transparent and aggressive in combatting child sex abuse in the Church during ...

Calling on the world's bishops not to cover up any instance or form of abuse, Pope Francis said the evil of abuse must be ...

Speaking to a crowd of around 39,000 in the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, the pontiff wrapped up a difficult visit to ...

The Pope also beatified Carmelite Sister Ana de Jesús, a spiritual daughter of St. Teresa of Ávila and a friend to St. John ...

Pope Francis has pledged to root out the “scourge” of clerical sexual abuse after Belgium’s prime minster urged him in ...

“A lot of victims of child sexual abuse have a lot of psychological problems coming forward,” Park said, describing the legislature’s reasons for passing the law. “So we’re going to let ...

The Vatican is facing questions over its handling of sexual abuse allegations involving the French priest who founded the Emmaüs charity. For the first time, Pope Francis has addressed the ...

But over the past two months a much darker image has emerged: that of an accused sexual ... Pope Francis said on Friday that he did not know when the Vatican had learned about the abuse but ...

police suspect the victims — aged from one to 17 — had been subjected to sexual and physical attacks. They were also allegedly forced by the care home staff to abuse each other. Investigators ...

ISABELLE PETTIT AND DENNIS ZIMMERMAN ARE NOW FACING NUMEROUS CHARGES, INCLUDING SEX ABUSE. COURT RECORDS SAY PETTIT ALLOWED ZIMMERMAN TO SEXUALLY ABUSE THE GIRL, EVEN THOUGH SHE KNEW HE WAS A SEX ...