Rochester Diocese to Pay $246 Million in Abuse Settlements, Ending Years of Litigation
Hundreds of clergy abuse survivors in Rochester just secured a record settlement, but the story behind the courtroom is what truly demands attention.
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Hundreds of clergy abuse survivors in Rochester just secured a record settlement, but the story behind the courtroom is what truly demands attention.
New Mexico has been called an “epicenter” of Catholic clergy abuse. Now, eight new lawsuits allege priests abused children as young as 3 across Southern parishes.
A federal judge says Washington state can’t force priests to report child abuse learned in confession—raising new legal and constitutional questions nationwide.
A Nashville priest sentenced for sexual abuse just five years after ordination is raising new questions about Church oversight—and whether the crisis is still ongoing.
Bondholders want half of New Orleans abuse claims thrown out, putting a $235 million Catholic Church settlement—and survivor justice—at risk.
After a survivor accidentally receives mocking internal emails from a New Jersey diocese, he compares how others—like Paterson and Camden—are getting it right.
The fall of former D.C. Cardinal McCarrick stunned the Catholic world, but some tried to warn the Church for decades and were silenced. Here’s the story behind the story, written from the perspective of the National Catholic Reporter.
A decades-old abuse case ends in a $2.4 million settlement. But what does the Church’s silence mean for survivors still waiting to be heard?
Priests who report child sexual abuse in Washington State after confessions are in danger of being excommunicated. Later this month, a lawsuit by the DOJ will determine the fate of this mandatory reporting law. A legal and moral standoff is unfolding over confession and child safety.
A murdered priest. New lawsuits. And claims of cover-ups inside a Florida diocese. What the latest legal filings could mean for the Catholic Church nationwide.