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February 2014

February 28, 2014

Deacon found guilty of child porn

From The Catholic Register in Canada: William Kokesch, a deacon in the Montreal archdiocese, plead...

December 2013

December 05, 2013

Pope establishes special commission on child sex abuse

From Catholic News Service: Pope Francis accepted a proposal to set up a special commission...

November 2013

November 08, 2013

Out: Fr. Fugee agrees to leave priesthood

Details: A Roman Catholic priest who was criminally charged with violating a court order to...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

New York deacon accused of sex abuse, removed from parish

Incredibly, this is the third time this parish has faced this ordeal in the last...

August 2013

August 13, 2013

Report: wife of Boston bomber converted to Islam over Catholic sex abuse scandal

Details from the Irish Times: A search for a religion with 'more morals' than the Catholicism she...

May 2013

May 27, 2013

Cardinal Pell Admits Cover-Up for “Fear of Scandal”

Details: Fear of scandal prompted the cover-up of child sex abuse allegations within the Catholic...

May 21, 2013

Fr. Fugee Arrested

Details: A once-accused pedophile priest in New Jersey has been arrested on charges that he...

May 17, 2013

Report: Accused Priests Collecting Mass Stipends—UPDATED

From WLS in Chicago: Roman Catholic priests who are sex abusers are being paid to...

May 13, 2013

Abuse report: 11 “credible allegations” against clergy in 2012

Details: The latest report on child protection in the U.S. Catholic Church found a total...

May 02, 2013

Newark’s Fr. Fugee resigns

Frank Weathers has the scoop: The Roman Catholic priest at the center of a public...

May 01, 2013

“Incomprehensible”—UPDATED

That's how one parishioner in this post by Frank Weathers describes the story behind this...

February 2013

February 15, 2013

Cardinal Mahony: “I am being called to be humiliated…”

From his blog: From our earliest catechism days we learn about the virtue of humility. ...

February 06, 2013

Vatican official praises media for helping uncover sex abuse scandal

From the BBC: The Vatican official charged with prosecuting sexual crimes has acknowledged that the...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

BREAKING: Archbishop Gomez removes Cardinal Mahony from public duties, accepts resignation of Bishop Curry

Breaking news from Los Angeles, and Patheos' West Coast maven, Joanne McPortland, who notes that...

January 28, 2013

Accused friar commits suicide in Pennsylvania

Details: Franciscan friar Stephen Baker, who faced brewing litigation for alleged abuse, died Saturday at...

January 17, 2013

Philly stunner: convicted priest at center of Lynn case recants

From the Philadelphia Inquirer: Ten months ago, defrocked Catholic priest Edward V. Avery began serving...

January 10, 2013

German church drops sex abuse investigation; independent researcher claims church interference

Details, from AP: Germany's Roman Catholic Church said Wednesday it has called off an independent...

September 2012

September 05, 2012

Judge will try Bishop Finn case; verdict expected Thursday

A precedent-setting case is about to come to a sudden and unexpected close. Details: The...

August 2012

August 29, 2012

Fr. Benedict Groeschel on child sex abuse: “A lot of cases, the youngster is the seducer” — UPDATED

N.B. The National Catholic Register has evidently pulled the interview excerpted below from its site....

July 2012

July 24, 2012

3-6 years for Philadelphia’s Monsignor Lynn

This just in: The Philadelphia priest at the center of the sexual abuse coverup case...

April 2012

April 18, 2012

Witness in Philadelphia implicates West Virginia bishop — UPDATED

From the Philadelphia Inquirer: A Philadelphia man told a jury today that the Archdiocese of...

September 2011

September 27, 2011

New sex abuse lawsuit filed in Montana — against nuns

Details: A new sex abuse lawsuit filed Tuesday against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena...

September 13, 2011

SNAP seeks charges against the pope, Vatican at The Hague

Details, from the AP: Clergy sex abuse victims upset that no high-ranking Roman Catholic leaders...

August 2011

August 19, 2011

Philadelphia prepares for return of suspended priests

It was big news when they were removed from ministry in March. Now, the Archdiocese...

July 2011

July 13, 2011

"Truly scandalous": report indicates Irish abuse continued

Another report, another dose of grim news from across the pond: The Catholic Church in Ireland was...

June 2011

June 07, 2011

"I have decided not to accept the call to Holy Orders…" — UPDATED

A reader sent me the link to this bulletin, which carries the note below from...

June 06, 2011

"Clearly, we have to do more…"

"We are assessing what went wrong and applying our analysis as we move forward. This...

May 2011

May 27, 2011

Shock: bishop never read letter warning him about predator priest

The more you read about this case, the more it defies credulity. First, the headline...