Child sexual abuse Archives

Ex-religious education director at Tennessee parish indicted for abusing girl

Jul 3, 2020

A former religious education director at St. Rose of Lima Parish in Murfreesboro has been indicted by a Rutherford County Grand Jury on charges of sexually abusing a minor.

By Catholic News Service

Shelter in Bolivia empowers young female victims of abuse

Jan 4, 2020

Our Home shelter, supported by organizations such as the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, was founded in 2005 by a group of laywomen and Jesuit Father Arturo Moscoso to respond to a growing problem in Bolivia of violence against women, especially girls and adolescents.

By Giovana Soria

New chapter opens in Pennsylvania in fight over suing Church

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.

By Marc Levy

Peruvian cardinal calls recent scandals a ‘wound’ in the Church

May 25, 2019

Peruvian Cardinal Ricardo Barreto Jimeno has said recent scandals upsetting the local church, including revelations of sexual abuse within a prominent lay group and a very public case of an archbishop launching criminal complaints against two journalists, have been harmful to Catholics.

By Elise Harris

New report documents ‘complicit silence’ on child sex abuse

Mar 22, 2019

An Italian non-profit led by a Catholic priest has presented its yearly report on online child protection, calling for a global engagement on this global tragedy.

By Claire Giangravè