Churches Defend Clergy Loophole in Child Sex Abuse Reporting September 29, 2022 By Jason Dearen and Michael Rezendes It was a frigid Sunday evening at the Catholic Newman Center in Salt Lake City when the priest warned parishioners...
In Deeply Mormon Utah, a Push to Require Clergy Report Abuse August 22, 2022 By Sam Metz SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Survivors and faith leaders rallied Friday at the Utah State Capitol to demand change to...
Seven Years of Sex Abuse: How Mormon Officials Let it Happen August 5, 2022 By Michael Rezendes BISBEE, Ariz. (AP) — MJ was a tiny, black-haired girl, just 5 years old, when her father admitted to his...
Bishop Accused in Lawsuit of Abusing Child Decades Ago August 3, 2022 By Mark Pratt BOSTON (AP) — A former parishioner at a Massachusetts church has filed a lawsuit alleging he was sexually abused as...
Parent Sues Australian Cardinal over Child Sex Abuse Charge July 15, 2022 The father of a deceased former choirboy filed a lawsuit against Cardinal George Pell and the Catholic Church in an...
FBI Opens Sweeping Probe of Clergy Sex Abuse in New Orleans June 30, 2022 By Jim Mustian NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The FBI has opened a widening investigation into sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in...
Church Convicts Catholic Ex-Priest of Abusing Boy for Years June 8, 2022 BERLIN (AP) — A Catholic diocese in Germany said Tuesday that a former priest has been convicted in a church...
Report: Top Southern Baptists Stonewalled Sex Abuse Victims May 24, 2022 By Deepa Bharath, Holly Meyer and David Crary Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, America’s largest Protestant denomination, stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost...
Archdiocese Sues Insurers Over Sexual Abuse Coverage February 28, 2022 SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — One of the oldest Roman Catholic dioceses in the U.S. is suing four insurance companies...
Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s Bankruptcy Case Plods Along December 27, 2021 By Rick Ruggles SANTA FE, N.M. (AP–The Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy efforts have plodded along for three years with no...