ROME (OSV News) -- A judge in Argentina ruled that two bishops and two priests were liable for gender-based discrimination and violence toward a group of Discalced Carmelite nuns. Argentine Judge Carolina Cáceres Moreno issued an 87-page ruling April 4 that said
Six victim-survivors of sexual abuse by clergy in the Archdiocese of Baltimore gave statements in court April 8 about the long-term impact of the abuse on their lives as part of the federal bankruptcy reorganization.
The testimonies were off the record and not
A Vatican investigation of the Peruvian Catholic organization Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, launched in 2023 after more than two decades of spiritual and sexual abuse allegations, has resulted in the resignation of one of its most important members, Archbishop José Antonio Eguren of
The Diocese of Sacramento announced it has filed for bankruptcy, citing the costs of settling more than 250 lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by clergy and staff.
"There are many victim-survivors who have long suffered from the reprehensible sins committed against them," Bishop Jaime
The Catholic Church needs to form priests who are empathetic and are "ready to face" the issue of abuse, said Archbishop Wojciech Polak of Gniezno, the current primate of Poland.
It concerns the whole church and "without a doubt" every diocese in Poland,
The Catholic University of America in Washington announced March 20 that Teresa Pitt Green, a writer and speaker who promotes healing for survivors of abuse and their families in the church, would receive an honorary doctoral degree at its May 11 commencement
A Florida priest and Grammy-winning recording artist has been restored to ministry after accusations of alleged sexual misconduct with a minor were retracted by the accuser.
Father Jerome Kaywell, pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Punta Gorda, Florida, "has been returned to ministry,
Pope Francis has named Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera to be secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors and Teresa Kettelkamp to serve as adjunct secretary.
Bishop Alí, 56, has been secretary general of the bishops' conference of Colombia since
The Diocese of Camden, N.J., and related Catholic entities will fund a trust of $87.5 million for more than 300 survivors of sexual abuse in the diocese, in a plan confirmed March 14 to resolve the diocese's Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
The trust, which
A survivor of clergy sexual abuse said he hopes a new podcast detailing his case will shed light on the uphill battle victims in Italy face when seeking justice from the Catholic Church.
The podcast, titled "La Confessione" ("The Confession") and premiering March