The pope emeritus faced particular criticism for his handling of high-profile cases in Europe and the United States, where ...

A Vatican opinion released shortly before Pope Francis died advises against public church listings of clergy members deemed ...

The legacy of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI regarding the clergy sexual abuse crisis presents a complex picture of progress and ...

Archbishop William Lori, left, along with Bishop Adam J. Parker, arrives at a hearing Monday where survivors testified about child sexual abuse committed by Catholic clergy in Maryland.

A survivor of clergy sex abuse in Peru brought her public campaign for reform to the American hometown of Pope Leo XIV.

3. Clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Church can't be blamed on homosexuality. Although the vast majority of victims are boys (80 percent, according to the 2004 John Jay study and other studies ...

"Catholic clergy may not violate the seal of confession — or they will be excommunicated from the Church," the Archdiocese of Seattle said in a statement. "All Catholics must know and be assured ...

Nation/World L.A. Catholic Church to pay record settlement over clergy sex abuse that could top $1.5 billion By Richard Winton and Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times Published: October 17, 2024 ...

Vermont’s Catholic church has filed for bankruptcy protection as it faces more than 30 lawsuits alleging child sex abuse by clergy decades ago, according to a filing in federal bankruptcy court ...

Rome -- The pope met today in the Vatican with a small delegation of American Catholic Church leaders, amid the sexual abuse crisis that's dominated conversation about the U.S. church.