Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, who was accused of covering up cases of abuse as archbishop of Los Angeles, will have an official ...

A lawsuit filed on behalf of child sexual abuse survivors claims that the Archdiocese of Baltimore is trying to skirt its ...

When he was installed as head of Roman Catholic Church in 2013, Pope Francis was heralded as a progressive change-maker. For ...

The suspect, who has a wife and four small children, is accused of producing child porn that involved children as young as 4 ...

The bill has been called “Trey’s Law,” referring to the late Trey Carlock, who died by suicide after being sexually abused at ...

Legislation that would void non-disclosure agreements in child sexual abuse cases received unanimous approval from Missouri’s ...

Bipartisan supporters of the bill say that nondisclosure agreements are often used to silence underage victims and prevent ...

The Buffalo Diocese, its parishes and other Catholic entities will pay $150 million as part of a deal to settle hundreds of ...

saw record levels of web pages hosting child sexual abuse imagery discovered, according to a leading online safety ...

Pope Francis has confronted the Catholic Church's child sex abuse scandal by sanctioning clergy and mandating reporting.

The prelate and deputy secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the highest authority in the pursuit of ...