clerical seuxal abuse Archives - Crux

Pope Leo XIV waves to the faithful at Lourdes on 27 Sept. 2026.

Is the honeymoon over for Leo XIV?

by Christopher R. Altieri October 4, 2026October 4, 2026

Pope Leo XIV at the Lenten retreat in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

In Lenten meditation, Bishop Erik Varden addresses abuse, corruption

by Christopher R. Altieri February 25, 2026

As Pope Leo XIV meets Belgian abuse victims, Rupnik accusers wait for justice

by Christopher R. Altieri November 9, 2025May 25, 2026

A screen grab shows Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik, an artist and theologian, giving a Lenten meditation from the Clementine Hall at the Vatican in this March 6, 2020, file photo. (Credit: CNS photo.)

Church in the US

Connecticut Catholic apostolates wrestle with fate of Rupnik artwork

by Christopher R. Altieri July 3, 2024July 3, 2024

People protest with signs that read in Spanish “Shameless priest do not touch me” and “I march for sexual education without Church interference,” outside the offices of the Bolivian Episcopal Conference in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, May 15, 2023. (Credit: Juan Karita/AP.)

Church in the Americas

Bolivia to investigate diary of another Jesuit child abuser

by Eduardo Campos Lima June 19, 2024

Shoes representing victims of Fr. Marko Rupnik, part of the LOUDfence advocacy organization's inaugural "Walk in my shoes" installation at St. Joseph's Cathedral, Wheeling, W-Va. on Sunday, 7 April 2024. (Credit: Photo courtesy of LOUDfence / Antonia Sobocki.)

Church in the US

UK abuse survivors campaign seeks culture change in the Church

by Christopher R. Altieri April 8, 2024April 8, 2024

This Feb. 15, 2007 file photo shows then Bishop of Bruges Roger Vangheluwe, in Bruges, Belgium. Pope Francis has defrocked a notorious Belgian bishop who admitted 14 years ago that he sexually abused his nephew but faced no Vatican punishment. (Credit: Peter Maenhoudt/AP.)

Church in Europe

Belgium bishop defrocked 14 years after admitting to abusing nephew

by Nicole Winfield and Associated Press March 21, 2024

Survivors of sex abuse hold a cross as they gather in front of Via della Conciliazione, the road leading to St. Peter’s Square, visible in background, during a twilight vigil prayer of the victims of sex abuse, in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. Five years ago this week, Francis convened an unprecedented summit of bishops from around the world to impress on them that clergy abuse was a global problem and they needed to address it, but now, five years later, despite new church laws to hold bishops accountable and promises to do better, the Catholic Church’s in-house legal system and pastoral response to victims has proven again to be incapable of dealing with the problem. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Long after pope’s abuse summit, victims still traumatized by the system meant to address their cases

by Nicole Winfield and Associated Press February 20, 2024

Church in Europe

Pope meets with French abuse victims

by Crux Now Staff November 29, 2023November 29, 2023

Jesuit case underscores secrecy, leniency for abuse of women

by Associated Press December 16, 2022December 16, 2022

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