With rising life expectancy, Vatican highlights role of elderly in Church and society
- Jan 29, 2020
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Lawsuit charges USCCB misled Catholics about Peter’s Pence collection
- Jan 24, 2020
A Dallas law firm and a Rhode Island parishioner alleged in a federal lawsuit that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops misled donors nationwide regarding the purposes of the annual Peter’s Pence collection.
Diocese challenges law allowing more time to file abuse suit
- Dec 29, 2019
Rhode Island’s Roman Catholic diocese is challenging a lawsuit filed after a state law gave sex abuse victims more time to sue their abusers or the institutions they worked for.
Alleged victim sues Vatican, urges better protections for children
- Dec 12, 2019
John Bellocchio, 37, who claims former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick abused him when he was a teenager, announced at a Dec. 9 news conference the he is suing the Vatican and demanding “sweeping child protection changes.”
Bishops take new actions to hold themselves accountable for abuse in 2019
- Dec 6, 2019
The clergy sexual abuse crisis continued to command a large amount of attention and action from the U.S. bishops throughout 2019.
Clergy sex abuse lawsuits taking advantage of new law
- Dec 3, 2019
Former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick abused a teenage boy in the 1990s when he was leader of the Archdiocese of Newark, according to a lawsuit filed under a newly enacted New Jersey law that gives accusers more time to make legal claims.
A look at 15 states making it easier to sue over sex abuse
- Dec 2, 2019
Fifteen states have revised their laws in the past two years extending or suspending the statute of limitations to allow child sex abuse claims stretching back decades, unleashing potentially thousands of new lawsuits against the U.S. Roman Catholic Church.
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