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Sacramento latest diocese to file for bankruptcy due to abuse compensation after California changes statute of limitations

April 02, 2024

NEW YORK – Facing more than 250 lawsuits alleging the sexual abuse of minors by clergy and other employees since the 1950s, the Diocese of Sacramento, California, has filed for bankruptcy as a means to provide compensation to victims of the abuse. The diocese announced the filing on 1 April, about four months after Bishop

Former nuns in Rupnik abuse case reveal identities while calling for ‘complete transparency’

February 22, 2024

ROME – Two former nuns in the sexual abuse case involving former Jesuit priest Marko Ivan Rupnik, the famed Catholic artist, have revealed their names publicly for the first time while demanding complete transparency in the Vatican investigation as it moves forward. They have also called for a full inquiry into what they say has

Vatican court overturns priest’s acquittal in landmark seminary sexual abuse case

January 25, 2024

ROME – A Vatican court has overturned the acquittal of a priest accused of sexually abusing a fellow student at the Vatican’s St. Pius X Pre-Seminary, delivering a guilty verdict in a landmark case that marked the first time a case for alleged sexual abuse went to trial within Vatican walls. Upon appeal from the

FEATURE: ‘The Last Priests and Nuns in Ireland’ – a missed opportunity to move beyond the same old tropes

January 25, 2024

I get a knot of anxiety in my stomach when I hear news of another documentary about religion or, rather, about Catholicism in Ireland. It isn’t because I am squeamish and don’t want to face up to the scandals the Church has faced and been part of in Ireland, or because I can’t deal with

Disgraced former cardinal Theodore McCarrick deemed not competent to stand trial in abuse case

January 12, 2024

NEW YORK – A Wisconsin judge on 10 January suspended a sexual assault case against Theodore McCarrick after a court-appointed psychologist found the ex-cardinal not competent to stand trial, possibly ending efforts to secure a criminal prosecution. County Judge David Reddy didn’t dismiss the case outright, because, he said, the court doesn’t have that authority.

When Enough Is Enough

April 05, 2021

When it comes to stepping on their own message, neither the pope nor the Vatican has need of the press corps’ help. This time, however, it's different.

Survey: Catholic Poland increasingly distrusts Church

December 18, 2020

The Church’s reputation in Poland has suffered from scandal frequently related to sexual abuse and coverup.

Ex-nuncio to France given suspended 8-month prison sentence

December 17, 2020

The archbishop was first accused in early 2019 of inappropriately touching a staffer at a Jan. 17, 2019, reception for the New Year address of Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo.