Pennsylvania dioceses offer $84M to 564 clergy abuse victims

Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic dioceses have paid nearly $84 million to 564 victims of sexual abuse, a tally that’s sure to grow substantially in the new year as compensation fund administrators work through a backlog of claims, according to an Associated Press review. Seven of the state’s eight dioceses launched victim compensation funds in the wake... Read More

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Catholic Church

December 6, 2019

Lawsuit: McCarrick victim told pope of sex abuse in 1988

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A man claims in a lawsuit filed under a recently enacted New Jersey law that he told Pope John Paul II in 1988 about being sexually abused as a child by the priest who would become Cardinal Theodore McCarrick but that the Vatican did nothing — claims he also made in... Read More

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Catholic Church, Theodore McCarrick

December 2, 2019

Legal reckoning: New abuse suits could cost church over $4B

NEW YORK (AP) — At the end of another long day trying to sign up new clients accusing the Roman Catholic Church of sexual abuse, lawyer Adam Slater gazes out the window of his high-rise Manhattan office at one of the great symbols of the church, St. Patrick’s Cathedral. “I wonder how much that’s worth?”... Read More

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Catholic Church

November 22, 2019

Lawsuit: Church pressured victims into unfair settlements

NEW YORK (AP) — Two impoverished Mississippi men who say they were sexually assaulted by Franciscan missionaries filed a federal lawsuit Thursday claiming that Catholic officials pressured them into signing settlements that paid them little money and required them to remain silent about the alleged abuse. The lawsuit, filed in New York, claims the church... Read More

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Catholic Church, Sexual Abuse

November 21, 2019

Catholic Church boards reviewing sex abuse fail victims

Facing thousands of clergy sex-abuse cases, U.S. Catholic leaders addressed their greatest crisis in the modern era with a promised reform: Mandatory review boards. These independent panels with lay people in each diocese would review allegations fairly and kindly. And they would help bishops ensure that no abusive priests stayed in ministry. But almost two... Read More

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Catholic Church, Sexual Abuse

November 21, 2019

Victims, reports say boards to review church abuse flawed

Facing thousands of cases of clergy sex abuse, U.S. Catholic leaders addressed their greatest crisis in the modern era with a promised reform: Mandatory review boards. These independent panels with lay people in each diocese would review allegations fairly and kindly. And they would help bishops ensure that no abusive priests stayed in ministry. But... Read More

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Catholic Church, Sexual Abuse

October 7, 2019

Without oversight, scores of accused priests commit crimes

Nearly 1,700 priests and other clergy members that the Roman Catholic Church considers credibly accused of child sexual abuse are living under the radar with little to no oversight from religious authorities or law enforcement, decades after the first wave of the church abuse scandal roiled U.S. dioceses, an Associated Press investigation has found. These... Read More

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Catholic Church, Sexual Abuse

October 1, 2019

Investigator: Archdiocese meeting obligation in abuse crisis

NEW YORK (AP) — An independent investigator praised the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York for its response to the sexual abuse crisis, saying no priest or deacon remains in ministry in the Manhattan-based archdiocese who has been credibly abused of sexual abuse. Barbara Jones, a former federal judge, said Monday she received “complete access”... Read More

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Catholic Church, Timothy Dolan

September 18, 2019

Lawyer: Chicago archdiocese paid $80M to clients of law firm

CHICAGO (AP) — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago has paid $80 million to 160 victims of sexual abuse by clergy represented by a single law firm since 2001, the lawyer who heads the Minnesota-based firm told reporters Tuesday. According to a statement issued later by the archdiocese, it has paid around $200 million in... Read More

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Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church

August 29, 2019

Suits allege abuse, cover-up in Pennsylvania diocese

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Frustrated by the Pennsylvania Legislature, four men are taking advantage of a shifting legal landscape to file suit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton over decades-old allegations of clergy sexual abuse. The plaintiffs, who range in age from 45 to 57, cite a recent Pennsylvania appeals court ruling that could... Read More

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Catholic Church

August 27, 2019

In Mississippi Delta, Catholic abuse cases settled on cheap

GREENWOOD, Mississippi (AP) — The IHOP in Southhaven, Mississippi, was an unlikely place to settle a sex abuse claim against the Catholic Church. But in January a white official from the Franciscan religious order slid into a booth across from a 35-year-old black man and offered to pay him $15,000 to keep years of alleged... Read More

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Catholic Church, Sexual Abuse

August 15, 2019

Timeline of Cardinal George Pell’s career and accusations

An Australian court will rule next Wednesday on the appeal for Cardinal George Pell on his five convictions for molesting two choirboys in a cathedral more than two decades ago. Some events in Pell’s career and the criminal case: July 16, 1996: Auxiliary Bishop George Pell is appointed Archbishop of Melbourne. He molests two choir... Read More

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Catholic Church, George Pell

July 29, 2019

Catholic charities tested by abuse scandals, border crisis

NEW YORK (AP) — For U.S. charities affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church, the past year has tested the resilience of their fundraisers and the loyalty of their donors in unprecedented fashion. Even as many donors reacted in dismay to the church’s extensive sex-abuse scandals, the charities faced new challenges trying to address the immigration... Read More

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Catholic Church

June 11, 2019

As bishops gather, prosecutors step up scrutiny of church

DETROIT (AP) — Hundreds of boxes. Millions of records. From Michigan to New Mexico this month, attorneys general are sifting through files on clergy sex abuse, seized through search warrants and subpoenas at dozens of archdioceses. They’re looking to prosecute, and not just priests. If the boxes lining the hallways of Michigan Attorney General Dana... Read More

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Catholic Church

Pennsylvania dioceses offer $84M to 564 clergy abuse victims

Lawsuit: McCarrick victim told pope of sex abuse in 1988

Legal reckoning: New abuse suits could cost church over $4B

Lawsuit: Church pressured victims into unfair settlements

Catholic Church boards reviewing sex abuse fail victims

Victims, reports say boards to review church abuse flawed

Without oversight, scores of accused priests commit crimes

Investigator: Archdiocese meeting obligation in abuse crisis

Lawyer: Chicago archdiocese paid $80M to clients of law firm

Suits allege abuse, cover-up in Pennsylvania diocese

In Mississippi Delta, Catholic abuse cases settled on cheap

Timeline of Cardinal George Pell’s career and accusations

Catholic charities tested by abuse scandals, border crisis

As bishops gather, prosecutors step up scrutiny of church

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