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Two-year ‘window’ for abuse lawsuits gets new support in Pennsylvania
A bill that could expand child sex abuse lawsuits in the state of Pennsylvania has received new support in the... Read more
Pennsylvania adopts three laws protecting child sex abuse victims
Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf signed into law Tuesday three bills on child sex abuse, which were recommended by the state’s... Read more
Pennsylvania grand jury's Catholic sex abuse report gets a factcheck
The 2018 Pennsylvania grand jury report on Catholic clergy sex abuse didn’t get the thorough scrutiny it deserved, and both... Read more
Where is Jesus in the midst of the Church's sex abuse crisis?
Fr. Thomas Berg is a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, a former Legionary of Christ, and professor of... Read more
Statistical analysis seeks context for Pa. grand jury report
A new statistical analysis seeks to contextualize data about child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in Pennsylvania, four months after... Read more
Pa. court orders 11 names permanently redacted from grand jury report
Citing due process, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday wrote that the names of 11 former and current priests in... Read more
Class-action suit seeks apology from Pennsylvania dioceses
A class-action lawsuit against all eight Latin rite Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania is seeking an admission from the Church that... Read more
Federal agents investigate abuse in Pennsylvania dioceses
The Department of Justice has served subpoenas to several dioceses in the state of Pennsylvania, in what is believed to... Read more
Penn. class action lawsuit seeks release of all sex abuse allegation records
A class action lawsuit filed Sept. 17 is seeking to require the Catholic dioceses of Pennsylvania to release all records... Read more
Names of accused bishops scrubbed from Pennsylvania schools
The names of accused clerics are being removed from the buildings of several colleges and high schools in Pennsylvania in... Read more
After grand jury report, new allegations raised in Pennsylvania
The Diocese of Pittsburgh has received about 50 new allegations of abuse, and a state abuse hotline has received more... Read more
Pope calls entire Church to pray and fast after clerical sex abuse revelations
Pope Francis called Monday for every member of the Catholic Church to pray and fast in penance for the evil... Read more
Bishop Morlino: 'Homosexual subculture' is source of 'devastation' in the Church
In response to recent sexual abuse crises, the Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, has said that the Catholic Church must renew... Read more
US bishops express anguish over abuse reports, encourage change in Church
After a grand jury found thousands of alleged instances of sexual abuse in six of Pennsylvania’s Catholic dioceses, numerous U.S.... Read more
'Shame and sorrow' – Holy See responds to Pennsylvania report
The Holy See on Thursday denounced sexual abuse and called for accountability for both perpetrators and leaders who covered up... Read more
‘What do you want to know?’ The Catholic reaction to bishops and sexual abuse
Among the sexual abusers mentioned in the Aug. 14 Pennsylvania grand jury report, one priest merits particular attention. Read more
Bishop Trautman responds to release of Pennsylvania grand jury report
Bishop Donald Trautman responded Tuesday to the Pennsylvania grand jury report on allegations of clerical sex abuse of minors, saying... Read more
Pennsylvania bishops respond to sexual abuse grand jury report
Following the Aug. 14 release of a Pennsylvania grand jury report on sexual abuse allegations in six Catholic dioceses, the... Read more
Cardinal Wuerl named in Pennsylvania grand jury report, responds to criticism
Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, D.C., and the former Bishop of Pittsburgh, has been named more than 200 times... Read more
Pennsylvania grand jury report details decades of clerical abuse allegations
A redacted grand jury report on clerical sexual abuse in six of Pennsylvania’s Catholic dioceses was released Tuesday, following an... Read more
