Title: Pope Leo XIV’s religious order still mired in secrecy over child sex abuse Author: Robert Herguth Publisher: Chicago Sun Times Date: 09MAY2025 Cardinal Robert Prevost, the new pope and the first U.S. leader of the Catholic Church worldwide, is already being hailed as a breath of fresh air by some. But the ancient religious
Title: Clergy molestation survivors concerned and insulted by election of Pope Leo XIV Author: Ramon Antonio Vargas Publisher: The Guardian Date: 10MAY2025 Groups supporting clergy-molestation survivors say they are gravely concerned and insulted by the election of Pope Leo XIV after he overcame questions about his handling of clerical sexual abuse cases earlier in his
Next Pope Do More Than Francis Title: Will the next pope do more than Pope Francis to fight clergy sexual abuse? Author: Joan Vennochi Publisher: The Boston Globe Date: 05MAY2025 The priests were protected, not the children. Is the Catholic Church any different today than it was 20-plus years ago, when the scandal of clergy
Washington clergy child abuse law Title: New law requires clergy in Washington to report child abuse Author: Jerry Cornfield Publisher: Washington State Standard Date: 02MAY2025 Religious leaders in Washington will be required to report child abuse or neglect, even when it is disclosed in confession, under a new law signed by Gov. Bob Ferguson on
Release Secret Abuse Archives Title: Survivor advocacy group sounds alarm about several papabili records Author: Aleja Hertzler-McCain Publisher: Religion News Service Date: 30APR2025 ROME (RNS) — An advocacy group of survivors of clerical abuse is raising concerns about several cardinals who are buzzed about as papabili, or potential popes. Survivors Network of those Abused by
Pope Francis Complex Legacy Title: When it came to curbing sexual abuse, Pope Francis was neither a hero nor a villain Author: Sara Larson Publisher: Religion News Service Date: 23APR2025 (RNS) — I am grateful for the ways Francis moved us forward; I’m also deeply disappointed in the ways he let us down. As a
Long Shadow Over Papacy Title: Child sexual abuse scandal cast long shadow over Francis’s papacy Author: Harriet Sherwood Publisher: The Guardian Date: 22APR2025 Issue dogged Francis throughout his time as head of Catholic church, with abuse survivors saying he failed to do enough. In 2002, the Boston Globe published a series of articles exposing the
Jesus Wept Philip Shenon Title: A History of Modern Catholicism Puts Sex Abuse Front and Center Author: Mary Jo McConahay Publisher: The New York Times Date: 15FEB2025 Philip Shenon’s “Jesus Wept” looks at the church since World War II, with particular focus on the clerical abuse crisis and the ideological battles that followed the Second
Louise Milligan Monthly Essay Title: The Monthly February issue cover essay Author: The Monthly Staff Publisher: The Monthly Date: February 2025 The Monthly has chosen to temporarily remove Louise Milligan’s recent essay from our website. We have been made aware of an active case that is about to come before the courts that had not
New Orleans Clergy Abuse Title: ‘Shame on them’: anger and dismay from survivors over Saints clergy-abuse emails Authors: Ramon Antonio Vargas & David Hammer Publisher: The Guardian Date: 04FEB2025 Survivors of Catholic clergy abuse and their supporters expressed disgust, pain and disbelief after the Guardian and WWL Louisiana’s investigation on Monday into hundreds of emails