clergy sex abuse
Pope taps LA bishop, Robert E. Barron, to head Minnesota diocese
By Associated Press — June 2, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The popular YouTube priest said he was 'overjoyed and humbled' to learn of the appointment.
Southern Baptist leaders release secret accused abuser list
By Holly Meyer and Deepa Bharath — May 27, 2022
(AP) — The 205-page database was made public late Thursday. It includes more than 700 entries from cases that largely span from 2000 to 2019.
Insurers suddenly raise stakes on German churches’ sex abuse response
By Tom Heneghan — May 19, 2022
(RNS) — One of Germany’s biggest trade associations, representing 10 million insured people, has given victims of sexual abuse a powerful ally with deep pockets and highly paid lawyers.
Bruxy Cavey investigation widens to include two more alleged victims
By Yonat Shimron — March 21, 2022
(RNS) — The Meeting House has hired a third-party victim advocate to independently receive any concerns or allegations of sexual misconduct.
Bruxy Cavey’s former megachurch debates allegations: Sex abuse or an affair?
By Yonat Shimron — March 9, 2022
(RNS) — Cavey’s victim wanted the board to define what happened as ‘clergy sexual abuse.’ The Meeting House church called it ‘sexual harassment’ and ‘abuse of power.’ Cavey called it an "extramarital affair."
After #MeToo, hostile workplace complaints prompt synagogues to investigate rabbis
By Yonat Shimron — March 2, 2022
(RNS) — Chicago Sinai Congregation and at least two other synagogues have recently put their rabbis on leave while they investigate allegations of abuse of power.
German Cardinal Woekli offers resignation on return from timeout
By Geir Moulson — March 2, 2022
(AP) — The Archbishop of Cologne has created division over his handling of clergy sexual abuse cases.
A Catholic nun is going to prison for fraud. Why are abusive priests going unpunished?
By Robert D. Karpinski — February 15, 2022
(RNS) — Her sentence is ironic considering the history of punishment for priests accused of sexual abuse.
Benedict woes come as German church reform pressure rises
By Geir Moulson — February 10, 2022
BERLIN (AP) — The recent Munich report has added to already strong pressure in Germany for the church to reconsider Catholic rules on issues including homosexuality and women’s roles.
Investigator calls on Reform movement’s rabbinical group to update ethics code
By Yonat Shimron — December 22, 2021
(RNS) — The report for the Central Conference of American Rabbis asks that sections of its code related to violations involving minors be expanded and notifications be made public.
4 women sue Orthodox Union and its youth group, alleging sex abuse by rabbi
By Yonat Shimron — November 30, 2021
(RNS) — They allege that Rabbi Baruch Lanner abused them on youth retreats beginning in the 1970s and that the Orthodox Union, which employed him, did nothing.
To vanquish lived trauma, Netflix’s ‘Procession’ puts victims in the director’s chair
By Jillian Cheney — November 23, 2021
(RNS) — The new documentary spotlights the practice of drama therapy, which uses role-playing to work through past trauma.
Cologne Catholic church holds penance service on sex abuse
By Kirsten Grieshaber and Daniel Niemann — November 18, 2021
The German Catholic Church’s handling of sexual abuse reports has caused a crisis in Cologne, where the archbishop, Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, has taken a “spiritual timeout" on the advice of Pope Francis.
Priest gets life term in child porn, exploitation case
By Associated Press — November 10, 2021
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — The Rev. Robert McWilliams was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Akron in front of an overflow gallery filled with the family of three victims.
In a first, Conservative movement publishes list of expelled rabbis to website
By Yonat Shimron — October 22, 2021
(RNS) — The list of eight rabbis (plus one who is suspended until June 2022) was made public this week as part of a new reckoning with sexual misconduct and ethical accountability.
