Maryland AG Report Chronicles Decades of Child Sex Abuse and Church Cover-Up April 6, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has released his agency’s report documenting a long history of widespread child sex abuse...
Bishop Testifies Against Bill to End Child Abuse Reporting Exemption for Clergy March 6, 2023 By Lisa Rathke The Roman Catholic Church’s rite of confession must remain confidential, even if someone tells a priest that a child has...
Ex-Cardinal Cites Dementia In Asking Court to Dismiss Sex Assault Case March 2, 2023 By Alanna Durkin Richer Lawyers for former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick filed a motion this week to dismiss a case charging him with...
Vermont Considers Ending Clergy Exemption From Abuse Reporting Laws February 24, 2023 By Wilson Ring The Vermont Legislature is considering a proposal that would end an exemption to the state’s child abuse and neglect reporting...
Vermont Lawmaker Wants to Close Abuse Reporting Exemption for Clergy January 3, 2023 By Wilson Ring The head of the Vermont Senate Judiciary Committee says he’s going to introduce a bill in the upcoming legislative session...
Clergy Sex Abuse in Iowa Was ‘Overwhelming’ But Now Rare, Report Says July 1, 2021 By Ryan J. Foley Roman Catholic priests sexually abused minors across Iowa for decades while church leaders covered it up, but reforms implemented in...
Southern Baptists Under Pressure to Deal with Sex Abuse Claims June 10, 2019 By David Crary The Southern Baptist Convention gathers for its annual national meeting Tuesday with one sobering topic — sex abuse by clergy...
Louisiana Diocese Releases List of Priests Accused of Sex Abuse April 15, 2019 By Janet McConnaughey The U.S. Catholic diocese where the first widely reported case of clergy sex abuse became public in the 1980s released...
74 Sex Abuse Claims Filed Against St. Cloud Diocese June 2, 2016 Minnesota’s Diocese of St. Cloud says 74 claims of sexual abuse of minors have been made against it and none...
Minnesota Parishes Want Archdiocese to Pay Abuse Defense Costs July 17, 2015 Dozens of parishes in the Twin Cities want the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis to pay their costs for...