A distraught Pope Francis again pledged justice for the victims of sexual abuse by members of the Catholic ... advances which recent reforms to canon law have meant, which hold abusers accountable ...
Authorities are expanding their investigation of clergy sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans to include ...
NCR asked three Catholic theologians how they view the Vatican's new doctrinal document, which condemns gender-affirming ...
The bill was authored after the faces of female Demopolis Middle School students were superimposed over pornographic images.
A key synod adviser says Pope Francis is more interested in deepening the practice ... a failure to use the Church’s existing processes and structures in canon law to expand decision-making and ...
Pope announces ... has pledged to toughen laws on the rape of children after a massive online movement has seen hundreds of victims share accounts about sexual abuse within their families.
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A Florida priest who was recently arrested on sex abuse charges was permitted to continue ... ministry for the Diocese of Venice” to contact law enforcement as well as the diocese itself.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans has come under fire as the target of a Louisiana sex trafficking probe, according to an 11-page search warrant made public Tuesday. But a recent ruling by ...
In 2019 state law opened a legal window for child sex abuse victims to bring decades-old claims, otherwise barred by statute of limitations, to court. Each case could settle for $1 million or more ...
The unequal power dynamics inherent to religious settings are an enormous barrier to equitably addressing sexual abuse. But the law is beginning to account for this imbalance. In at least 13 ...