The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse dating back decades, in what an attorney said was the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a Catholic archdiocese, it was announced…[Continue Reading...]
A Dallas priest is accused of inappropriately touching two children, police said Tuesday. Ricardo Reyes Mata, 34, a priest with the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, was arrested Monday on two counts of indecency with a child, Garland police said in…[Continue Reading...]
Kim Ji-sun (46), an accomplice of Chung Myung-seok (78), the president of the Christian Gospel Mission (JMS), who sexually assaulted and molested Goddess Island, was sentenced to seven years in prison by the Supreme Court. The second division of the…[Continue Reading...]
A Roman Catholic diocese in Long Island, New York, announced a new bankruptcy settlement on Thursday that would pay more than $323m to about 530 sex abuse survivors who alleged they were abused by priests when they were children. The…[Continue Reading...]
An investigation into how leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention have dealt with sexual abuse by clergy has cost more than $12 million over the past three years, causing the nation’s largest Protestant denomination to put its Nashville, Tennessee, headquarters…[Continue Reading...]
In a federal lawsuit filed by 11 individuals, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau and its Bishop Edward Rice in his official capacity are accused of enabling and concealing sexual abuse of minors by employees that took place over…[Continue Reading...]
Warning: This story contains references to sexual abuse of childrenA New York Times story details the Catholic Church's so-called geographic solution to problematic priests - hiding them on remote Pacific islands The legacy of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy and…[Continue Reading...]
Archdiocese Cardinal Blase J. Cupich sent letters to the parishes of St. Josaphat and St. Paul of the Cross, saying Father Martin Nyberg is being investigated by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. Cupich said Nyberg "strenuously denies"…[Continue Reading...]
Two victims of alleged child sexual abuse by a MorningStar Ministries volunteer youth leader filed separate civil lawsuits this week, bringing the number of lawsuits alleging MorningStar leaders mishandled reports of sexual abuse to three. A similar lawsuit against Morningstar…[Continue Reading...]
A church in Wisconsin has announced it will disaffiliate from the Network, a non-denominational network of churches accused of operating like a cult. Citing an inability to “address issues and resolve concerns,” the church is the first to leave the…[Continue Reading...]
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