sex abuse
Judge Dismisses Criminal Abuse Charges against Theodore McCarrick
The Massachusetts sex abuse case against former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick fell apart Wednesday as all criminal charges were dismissed due to the disgraced former cleric being deemed no longer mentally competent.
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Abuse survivors cycle to Rome, deliver ‘broken heart,’ ask for action
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A group of survivors of abuse by priests and religious cycled hundreds of miles from southern Germany to Rome to urge the pope “to do everything in your power” to make the Catholic Church a safe ...
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Pope Francis accepts German bishop’s resignation over errors in handling abuse
The vice president of the German bishops' conference, Bishop Franz-Josef Bode, has become the first Catholic bishop in Germany to resign in connection with the abuse scandal.
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Santa Rosa Diocese files for bankruptcy in face of potentially 200 abuse claims
The Diocese of Santa Rosa filed for bankruptcy March 13, days after its bishop finally concluded the decision was necessary in order to address potentially 200 new claims brought against the diocese by survivors of child sexual abuse.
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McCarrick admits knowing victim as a child, denies sexual assaults
(OSV News) — Disgraced former cardinal Theodore McCarrick, whose attorneys have argued he should not stand trial due to “progressive and irreparable cognitive deficits,” recalled the name of the man he allegedly sexually abused as a child, although he denied ...
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Prosecutors challenge report finding McCarrick not competent to stand trial
Prosecutors are challenging the medical report claiming former cardinal Theodore McCarrick is not competent to stand trial on charges he sexually abused a teen in the 1970s.
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Abuse victim asks pope to hear ‘adults who were wronged,’ show ‘the way’ in Rupnik case
It took 10 months for the Vatican to reopen Father Marko Rupnik’s case — from the first reports on the case of Slovenian mosaic artist in December 2022 and the first alleged victims’ testimonies at that time, to dismissal of the priest from the Jesuit order in July, to public outrage after his incardination into a Slovenian diocese.