sex abuse
Cardinal Pell to stand trial in abuse case
By Yonat Shimron — April 30, 2018
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) —Pope Francis' former finance minister will face at least one charge at trial after being accused of sexually abusing multiple victims decades ago.
Chile victims of clergy sex abuse praise talks with pope
By Frances D'Emilio — April 29, 2018
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Men who were sexually abused by a priest in Chile described the private talks they've had so far with Pope Francis at the Vatican as very helpful and respectful Sunday.
Pope admits ‘grave errors’ in Chile abuse case
By Jerome Socolovsky — April 11, 2018
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has admitted he made "grave errors" in judgment in Chile's sex abuse scandal and invited the abuse victims he had discredited to Rome to beg their forgiveness.
Megachurch pastor Bill Hybels resigns, calls sexual accusations ‘flat-out lies’
By Jerome Socolovsky — April 11, 2018
(USA Today) — The founder of Willow Creek Community Church near Chicago has been dogged in recent years by a series of investigations into claims of inappropriate behavior with female staffers and congregants.
Diocese IDs priests, bishop, laypeople in abuse probe
By Lauren Markoe — April 6, 2018
(AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania, on Friday (April 6) made public the names of 34 priests or other members of the clergy who faced credible allegations of sexual abuse or misconduct over the years.
Archbishop of Canterbury: Church has failed to protect children from abuse
By Catherine Pepinster — March 21, 2018
LONDON (RNS) — Justin Welby, the leader of the Church of England and the Anglican Communion — who himself has come under some criticism for his handling of abuse cases — told the commission Wednesday (March 21) that the church needs new powers to safeguard children.
Catholic Church expert: #Metoo, Chile bishop scandal a wake-up call
By Associated Press — February 10, 2018
(AP) — 'Only someone who has listened to a victim can truly understand the implications and the need to listen with the heart, not just what the law requires,' the expert, the Rev. Hans Zollner, said.
Islam scholar Tariq Ramadan charged with suspected rape
By Jerome Socolovsky — February 2, 2018
PARIS (AP) — He was placed under investigation for alleged rape in a 2009 encounter and the rape of a vulnerable person in a 2012 case.
Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan in custody in France amid rape claims
By Jerome Socolovsky — January 31, 2018
PARIS (AP) — Le Monde and Le Parisien newspapers reported last year that two women recently filed complaints in France against Ramadan for an alleged rape in 2009 and an assault in 2012.
Pope asks forgiveness for ‘irreparable harm’ from sex abuse
By Peter Prengaman — January 16, 2018
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — He opened his visit to Chile by diving head-first into a scandal that has greatly hurt the Catholic Church's credibility here and cast a cloud over his visit.
Cardinal Law, central figure in church abuse scandal, dies
By Rachel Zoll — December 20, 2017
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The disgraced former archbishop of Boston's failures to stop child molesters in the priesthood sparked what would become the worst crisis in American Catholicism.
It’s time for a sexual counterrevolution
By Tom Krattenmaker — December 14, 2017
(RNS) — Thankfully, we can find in religions and secular ethics some powerful correctives to what is broken in sex culture today.
Roy Moore and the wages of hypocrisy
By Mark Silk — November 10, 2017
(RNS) — It's an old Abrahamic story.
Tariq Ramadan takes leave from Oxford amid rape allegations
By Jerome Socolovsky — November 7, 2017
LONDON (AP) — Le Monde and Le Parisien newspapers reported Saturday that two women recently filed complaints in France against Ramadan for an alleged rape in 2009 and an assault in 2012.
New Mexico judge orders release of clergy sex abuse records
By Lauren Markoe — October 19, 2017
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Church officials said they hope the disclosure will serve as an additional step in healing for survivors, their families and parishioners.
