The new pope, Leo XIV, has something in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy. He’s been in positions of ...

The law set off a wave of child sex abuse litigation that has pushed some public institutions to the brink of financial ...

Six weeks before American Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, the activist group Survivors Network of those Abused ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has agreed in principle to settle more than 100 childhood sexual abuse ...

"Boardwalk Empire" actor Michael Pitt was arrested and indicted in Brooklyn on Friday on charges of sexual abuse, criminal ...

Pope Leo XIV is facing criticism from survivors over his record on clergy sexual abuse while he served in Chicago and Peru.

The Department of Justice’s operation led to the arrest of more than 200 child sexual abuse offenders, including five from ...

The new pope, Chicago area native Robert Prevost, has faced criticism for not doing more to encourage his religious order, ...

How Leo confronts the lingering global crisis could be of particular interest to Catholics in the Philadelphia region.

A Massachusetts man found living in a daycare was sentenced to prison for possessing child sex abuse material he obtained ...

Over a three-day period last week, 174 former Boy Scouts filed sex abuse lawsuits against the six, mid-level councils that ...

Groups representing survivors made last-minute appeals for the next pontiff to definitively resolve the crisis, which has ...