The legacy of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy and the tactic of moving abusers to new dioceses without addressing the problem has been well-documented...

Dili (East Timor) (AFP) – When Pope Francis becomes the first pontiff to visit an independent East Timor, he will confront a clergy beset by child...

Dili (East Timor) (AFP) – When Pope Francis becomes the first pontiff to visit an independent East Timor, he will confront a clergy beset by child...

Archdiocese’s proposal comes as survivors of sexual abuse by clergy request ‘very reasonable’ $1bn to settle claims

As Pope Francis becomes the first pontiff to visit East Timor, he will confront a child abuse scandal involving a priest, an issue that has long been...

NYT: Papal visit highlights church's history of moving abusive priests to Pacific Islands.

An Irish minister on Tuesday (3/9) called the results of a government-ordered inquiry into decades of alleged historical sexual abuse at religious...

An Irish minister on Tuesday (3/9) called the results of a government-ordered inquiry into decades of alleged historical sexual abuse at religious...

  The allegations of sexual abuse by Catholic priests in Catholic schools just keep on coming. Is this a long-overdue cleansing or a mob eager to...

Over a decades-long period, more than 30 Catholic priests and missionaries moved to remote island nations after they had allegedly abused children in...