Catholic Church covered up child sex abuse in Pennsylvania for decades, grand jury says - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe5 days agoA hierarchy of Roman Catholic Church leaders covered up child sexual abuse by more than 300 priests over three generations in Pennsylvania, persuading victims not to report ...
Reactions to church sex abuse report mixed as Catholics return to Mass | Times Leader
Times Leader3 hours agoFormer Luzerne County judge Joe Musto issued many rulings during his career, but when it comes to the recent scandal regarding Catholic clergy, he is reluctant to judge. Musto’ ...
Catholic Campus Minister Says Priest Abuse Scandal Is ‘Much Ado About Very Little’ And Will Blow Over Soon
The Inquisitr4 days agoCourt released a report detailing a two-year grand jury investigation that revealed what the state Attorney General Josh Shapiro called “the largest, most comprehensive report into child sex ...
Baton Rouge Catholic leaders address 'spiritual crisis in our church' after latest sex abuse scandal
The Advocate4 hours ago"Our shame is intensified by the sometimes failure of church leadership to hold abusers accountable," Bishop Emeritus Robert Muench said during Sunday morning Mass at St. Joseph Cathedral ...
Prosecutor in Chilean sex abuse scandal targets bishops
AFP via Yahoo News2 days agoThe prosecutor in charge of investigating a massive sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church in Chile said several bishops could face charges after he questions ...
Behind the latest Catholic sex abuse scandal: The church’s problem is male dominance
Salon.com4 days agoThe Catholic Church sex abuse scandals are often talked about as if they are in the past, but this summer has been a reminder that this horror show continues to unspool ...
Pennsylvania report on Catholic Church sex abuse lists hundreds of accused priests
Chicago Tribune5 days agoSome details and names that might reveal...crisis many in the church thought and hoped had ended nearly 20 years ago after the scandal erupted in Boston. But recent abuse
Wingnut Bill Donohue Blames Gays for Catholic Church Abuse Scandal
The Advocate2 days agoIn it, he claims to “debunk many of the myths, and indeed lies, that mar the report and/or interpretations of it.” The report, released this week, details allegations of abuse of more ...
Opinion | It’s time for a radical reckoning in the Catholic Church
Washington Post6 hours agoAs a person raised in the Catholic Church, I’ve come to doubt its ability to conduct a reckoning of the kind called for by Megan McArdle in her Aug. 16 op-ed, “The church ...
Could this be the Catholic Church’s #MeToo moment?
San Jose Mercury News14 hours agoLike many Catholics, Michelle Marks hoped the church’s sex abuse scandal that exploded in the early 2000s was over. “Then, boom, another shocker,” she said Friday ...