Abuse Crisis

  • January 17, 2023

Cardinal Pell dies at 81; he kept the faith even amid tribulation, pope says

Pope Francis praised the late Australian Cardinal George Pell as a faithful servant of God and of the...
  • January 10, 2023

Safeguarding requires experts, survivors, support, cardinal says

There can be no improvising or going it alone when it comes to preventing and handling cases of...
  • November 21, 2022

Retired Bishop Hubbard asks Vatican to return him ‘to the lay state’

Retired Bishop Howard J. Hubbard of Albany has asked the Vatican that he be "returned to the lay...
  • November 15, 2022

Vatican confirms it is opening abuse investigation of French cardinal

The Vatican has decided to open an investigation into French Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, the retired archbishop of Bordeaux,...
  • November 7, 2022

French cardinal admits to abusing teen girl 35 years ago

French Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, former head of the French bishops' conference, admitted to abusing a 14-year-old girl 35...
  • November 4, 2022

French bishops note anger over case of abusive bishop allowed to retire

The French bishops' conference overhauled its agenda for its November plenary meeting to deal with "the anger, shame,...
  • November 1, 2022

Commission starts planning global report on child protection efforts

With a renewed membership, the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors met at the Vatican in late...
  • October 25, 2022

Study of priests shows distrust of bishops, fear of false abuse accusations

A study of U.S. priests released Oct. 19 details clerics' "crisis of trust" toward their bishops as well...
  • October 7, 2022

Seminar panelists: Clergy abuse has scarred minority Catholic communities

The image of a white victim does not tell the complete story of clergy sexual abuse in the...
  • September 30, 2022

Vatican says it restricted East Timor archbishop after abuse allegations

After a Dutch newspaper published an investigation into abuse allegations against retired Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo of...