A woman who survived sexual abuse at the hands of a convicted paedophile former priest fears he will hurt her again if the ...

Survivors say Pope Leo must commit to transparency in investigations of priests accused of sexual abuse. His record on doing ...

The Rev. Richard J. McGrath was a longtime leader of Providence Catholic High School, run by the Augustinians, whose Midwest ...

Seven of the 118 known survivors spoke today, but lawyers representing survivors say many others have not come forward.

Amid the mostly joyous reception for Robert Prevost, who stunned the world when he emerged from the loggia of St. Peter’s as ...

Washington State's new law mandating priests to divulge abuse revealed in confessions is the latest salvo in a larger dispute between the Catholic Church and multiple U.S. states.

Religious leaders in Washington state will soon be legally required to report suspected child abuse, even when it is revealed ...

Catholic priests are pushing back against a new Washington state law that requires clergy to report child abuse to law enforcement.

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Governor Bob Ferguson signed into law a new requirement that clergy of all faiths become mandatory reporters of child abuse. It’s a move that’s especially controversial for the Catholic Church because ...

The National Secular has welcomed commitments from the Government that there will be no religious exemptions to a proposed ...

The Catholic Church is against a new law that was pushed through by Democrats requiring priests to break the confidentiality ...