Following more than 250 lawsuits alleging abuse against the Diocese of Sacramento, Bishop Jaime Soto announced on Monday that the diocese will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. California’s Child Victims Act, signed in 2019 and enacted at the beginning of…[Continue Reading...]
TOKYO - One of Japan's biggest Buddhist sects said it has launched a probe after a nun accused a monk of sexually assaulting her for 14 years and an eminent priest of turning a blind eye. The woman, reportedly now…[Continue Reading...]
One of Japan's largest Buddhist sects is currently under scrutiny following serious allegations made by a nun, who claims she was sexually assaulted by a monk over a span of 14 years. The accusations, which also implicate a high-ranking priest…[Continue Reading...]
A former South Carolina priest will serve more than two decades behind bars after pleading guilty to child sex crimes, the federal government has announced. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina said in a press release…[Continue Reading...]
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Brownsville priest was arrested on several trafficking and child sex-related charges, authorities announced. Fernando Gonzalez Ortega, 52, was arrested on charges of sexual performance by a child, sexual assault of a child, continuous sexual abuse…[Continue Reading...]
COLUMBIA — A former Charleston priest who pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor was sentenced to 21 years and 10 months in federal prison. Jaime Adolfo Gonzalez-Farias received the sentence Feb. 8, roughly six months after he confessed in…[Continue Reading...]
Officials with the Los Angeles Archdiocese declined to comment on the terms of the settlement. But in a statement church officials noted that one of the accused priests was at a parish that was under the control of the Archdiocese…[Continue Reading...]
Robert Corfield, a man who abused a boy in Canada in a secretive Christian church in the 1980s, has spoken publicly about what happened for the first time. He was confronted by the BBC as part of a wider look…[Continue Reading...]
Recent legislative efforts have made progress on improving the rights of church sex abuse survivors, but a major loophole in the laws surrounding this terrible crime is keeping perpetrators safe. New Associated Press investigations into the Utah-based Church of Jesus…[Continue Reading...]
There are more than 250 lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by clergy or other church staff, according to officials. They are planning to file in March of 2024.[Continue Reading...]
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