Half of Abuse Claims in Archdiocese of New Orleans Bankruptcy Case Could Be Disqualified
Bondholders want half of New Orleans abuse claims thrown out, putting a $235 million Catholic Church settlement—and survivor justice—at risk.
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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?
Despite years of pressure from abuse survivors and repeated delegate votes, the Southern Baptist Convention failed to launch its promised database of credibly accused sex abusers. The delay drew sharp criticism at the June 2025 SBC meeting in Dallas, where leaders cited funding and legal concerns.
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.
He was once a prosecutor and an LDS Church leader—now he’s a registered sex offender. Why a Colorado judge spared David McConkie from jail despite a child sex assault plea.
Pennsylvania’s legal crackdown on Jehovah’s Witness sexual abuse uncovers systemic silence, mandatory‑reporting loopholes, and a growing demand for survivor justice.
A landmark jury award in Minnesota has reignited national scrutiny of the Catholic Church’s abuse crisis, just as more lawsuits against the Diocese move ahead. The case marks one of the largest post-bankruptcy clergy abuse jury verdicts in the Upper Midwest.