clergy sex abuse
Cardinal Pell is freed after Australian High Court finds fault in sexual abuse charges
By Claire Giangravé — April 7, 2020
(RNS) — Before his conviction was overturned, Pell had been the highest-ranking Roman Catholic official ever convicted of abuse.
An accused pastor’s suicide: The pain we see and the pain we don’t
By Christa Brown — November 5, 2019
(RNS) — When the Rev. Bryan Fulwider, an accused rapist, ended his life, he didn't end the pain his alleged victim feels. To the contrary, it may well bring greater hurt.
Texas imam ordered to pay $2.55 million in sexual misconduct case
By Aysha Khan — August 15, 2019
(RNS) — The alleged victim sued Imam Zia Ul-Haq Sheikh in 2018, claiming that he had coerced her into sex with him at a local motel after years of grooming and exploitation.
The death of trust and the triumph of suspicion
By Thomas Reese — June 26, 2019
(RNS) — Unless we build bridges and trust, neither the church nor America has much of a future.
Mexican Pentecostal church says leader is innocent, denies sex crimes charges
By Aysha Khan — June 7, 2019
(RNS) — The head of Mexico's largest evangelical church, La Luz del Mundo, has been charged with a string of sex crimes against minors in Los Angeles, including rape, human trafficking and child pornography. Church leaders and followers say he is innocent.
5 former Michigan Catholic priests charged with sex crimes
By Paul O'Donnell — May 24, 2019
DETROIT (AP) — Four priests were arrested this week in Arizona, California, Florida and Michigan, and the fifth awaits extradition from India.
Victims of clergy abuse to sue Vatican, seek abusers’ names
By Amy Forliti — May 14, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The lawsuit being filed Tuesday seeks the release of 3,400 names of priests who were referred to the Vatican for "credible cases of abuse."
The success of Pope Francis’ new sex abuse reporting rules depends on enforcement
By Thomas Reese — May 9, 2019
(RNS) — Only if the new norms are enforced well can the church’s credibility be rebuilt.
Vatican law: Priests, nuns must report sex abuse, cover-up
By Nicole Winfield — May 9, 2019
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis issued a groundbreaking law Thursday requiring all Catholic priests and nuns around the world to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-up by their superiors to church authorities.
In India, charges against a Catholic bishop a victory for abused nuns
By Brooke Thames — May 1, 2019
KOCHI, India (RNS) — Only after five of the victim's fellow nuns staged a 15-day protest outside Kerala’s high court building in Kochi last summer was the bishop, who denies the charges, arrested and eventually charged.
Benedict’s unfortunate letter ignores the facts on the Catholic sex abuse crisis
By Thomas Reese — April 15, 2019
(RNS) — The pope emeritus' comments on sexual revolution are part of his campaign against theologians who, in his view, opened the floodgates to all sorts of sexual sins.
Retired Pope Benedict wades into clergy sex abuse debate
By Nicole Winfield — April 11, 2019
(AP) — His analysis was immediately criticized as 'catastrophically irresponsible' — a conflict with efforts by his successor, Pope Francis, to lead the church out of its crisis.
Taking stock of the clergy sexual abuse crisis: Holding bishops accountable
By Thomas Reese — March 28, 2019
(RNS) — As the Catholic sexual abuse crisis has rolled on, the demand that the bishops be held accountable has become the focus of inquiries from the Vatican to attorney general offices across the U.S.
Taking stock of the clergy sexual abuse crisis: Protecting children
By Thomas Reese — March 21, 2019
(RNS) — Reading the constant barrage of news stories about abuse in the Catholic Church makes one wonder if any of the reforms is doing any good.
Bishops in Rome struggle to find way to investigate bishops
By Thomas Reese — February 22, 2019
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — How to deal with bishops' abuse or negligence is the biggest problem ahead for the Vatican conference on clergy sexual abuse meeting in Rome this week.
