Legislation that would require clergy to report child abuse or neglect in Washington state failed for the second year in a row in that state's Legislature. Some have expressed concern that without exceptions for clergy-penitent privilege, the bill could place Catholic priests
An Oregon parish music minister has been arrested as part of an undercover child predator sting, according to the Washington County Sheriff's office.
Sean Baba, the director of music ministry at St. Pius X Parish in Portland, was one of six men taken
Children on the move, particularly as migrants or refugees, are enormously vulnerable, said one of the church's leading experts on safeguarding.
"Though abuse happens in a multitude of places and contexts, children on the move are one of the most vulnerable categories of
Hundreds of boarding schools supported by the U.S. government for 150 years sought to forcefully assimilate Native American and Indigenous children into white society, a first-of-its-kind report from the Interior Department said.
The report, issued May 11, identified 408 schools in 37 states