abuse victims Archives

Maria Goretti Network chapters offer safe place for healing after abuse

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Oct 2, 2019

In a world filled with vengeance, support for abuse victims of any type to find hope and forgiveness is in short supply.

State police announce hotline for victims of clergy abuse

Associated Press, Church in the US
Sep 28, 2019

Rhode Island officials released a hotline dedicated to victims of clergy abuse from the Roman Catholic clergy in the state.

New chapter opens in Pennsylvania in fight over suing Church

Associated Press, Church in the US
Sep 28, 2019

When post offices close Monday, the last victim compensation funds at Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic dioceses will also close, hours before lawmakers plunge back into a years-old fight over whether to let long-ago victims of child sexual abuse sue perpetrators and institutions that may have covered it up.

Calif. bishops hope program gives survivors chance to heal, seek redress

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
May 18, 2019

The Los Angeles Archdiocese and five other California dioceses May 14 announced a new private compensation program that will be available to any person who has been sexually abused as a minor by diocesan priests.

Program announces first payments to survivors in Philadelphia Archdiocese

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Feb 24, 2019

A report on the first financial settlements by the Independent Reconciliation and Reparation Program for victims of clergy sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has been made public.

Baton Rouge Diocese releases list of clergy with abuse allegations

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Feb 3, 2019

In a show of openness, transparency and a hope for healing, Bishop Michael G. Duca of Baton Rouge released Jan. 31 the names of all priests, a former bishop of the diocese, and one former seminarian “against whom there are credible allegations of sexual abuse of minors and/or vulnerable adults in the Diocese of Baton Rouge.”