Father Marcial Maciel

Mexico: Legion of Christ victims criticize sex abuse report
- Dec 24, 2019
Victims of sexual abuse by priests from the Legion of Christ in Mexico sharply criticized an internal report on pedophilia released over the weekend.

By Maria Verza
Legion of Christ finds 33 priests, 71 seminarian sex abusers
- Dec 22, 2019
The Legion of Christ religious order, which was discredited by its pedophile founder and the cult-like practices he imposed, says an internal investigation has identified 33 priests and 71 seminarians who sexually abused minors over the past eight decades.

By Associated Press
Cardinal tainted by abuse scandals steps down as dean, pope sets term limit
- Dec 21, 2019
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of 92-year-old Cardinal Angelo Sodano, who faces questions about his role in various clerical sexual abuse scandals, as Dean of the College of Cardinals.

By Elise Harris

Church now faces ‘Sheen dilemma’ in evaluating saints and their halos
- Dec 8, 2019
Going forward, in order to claim a halo, any candidate who was in a leadership position in the Church – meaning, usually, a bishop or religious superior – will have to be shown to have had “clean hands” on the abuse scandals.

By John L. Allen Jr.
Dziwisz thanks Francis for ‘putting an end’ to attempts to discredit JPII
- May 30, 2019
Polish Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz has issued a letter thanking Pope Francis for recent comments defending the late Saint John Paul II’s holiness and his handling of the case of Mexican abuser priest Marcial Maciel.

By Elise Harris
Mexican bishops set up team to protect children, develop protocols
- Nov 22, 2018
The Mexican bishops’ conference has established a team to protect children against clerical sexual abuse, advise church leaders and develop and outline prevention protocols.

By David Agren