Category: Clergy Abuse

Diocese of Orange reaches $3.5 Million settlement in sexual-abuse lawsuit

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SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS) -- The Diocese of Orange has settled a sex abuse lawsuit involving a former vice principal of Mater Dei High School in 1978 for $3.5 million, a spokesman said Tuesday. The settlement was reached last month…[Continue Reading...]

Retired New Orleans priest gets life in prison after pleading guilty to child rape

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A serial child molester and retired Roman Catholic priest on Wednesday declined an opportunity to apologize to his victims after pleading guilty to child rape earlier in December. Lawrence Hecker’s silence came on Wednesday in New Orleans’s state criminal courthouse…[Continue Reading...]

Retired New Orleans priest pleads guilty to kidnapping and raping boy in 1970s

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Shortly before a jury was supposed to be chosen for his trial on criminal charges of kidnapping and raping a boy in the mid-1970s, the self-acknowledged serial child molester and retired Roman Catholic priest Lawrence Hecker pleaded guilty on Tuesday…[Continue Reading...]

Shock after new revelations of sexual abuse by Piarist priest in Senegal

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The Catholic commission defending minors sexually abused in the Catholic Church in Senegal Church has revealed new cases of sexual abuse committed by a member of the Piarist religious order. In the Diocese of Ziguinchor, where the accused operated for…[Continue Reading...]

Church of England leader resigns over handling of sex abuse scandal

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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, head of the Church of England and spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, resigned Tuesday after an investigation found that he failed to tell police about serial physical and sexual abuse by a volunteer…[Continue Reading...]

Justin Welby faces mounting pressure to resign after damning Church abuse scandal report

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The Archbishop of Canterbury is facing calls to resign in light of a damning report into abuse by a prolific child abuser associated with the Church of England. A petition by members of the General Synon and Archbishop's Council has…[Continue Reading...]

NYC pastor facing ‘heinous and deeply disturbing’ allegations of repeated sexual abuse of teen boy: sources

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A politically-connected Brooklyn reverend who dedicated his life to mentoring young children is facing disturbing allegations that he repeatedly sexually abused a teenage boy two years ago, according to sources. Rev. Edward-Richard Hinds – leader of the 67th Precinct Clergy…[Continue Reading...]

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