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Man whose report of abuse led to Lawrence Hecker’s indictment on Thursday first reported it as a teenager in 1975The accuser of a retired New Orleans Catholic priest who was indicted on a child rape charge on Thursday remembers immediately reporting th…
Lawrence Hecker, 91, charged with first-degree rape two months after Guardian report on 1999 statement in which he admitted ‘overtly sexual acts’A retired Catholic priest from New Orleans who years ago secretly admitted to church leaders that he sexual…
Officers and civilian staff in Northern Ireland feeling ‘frightened’ and ‘betrayed’, Commons committee toldCatholic officers in the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) have been asking if they should bring their personal firearms to mass, such is…
Massachusetts judge finds Theodore McCarrick, charged with molesting boy, 16, in 1974, not competent to stand due to dementiaA Massachusetts judge has dismissed a criminal case charging the former Roman Catholic cardinal Theodore McCarrick with molesti…
Francis’s comments acknowledge divisions in US Catholic church, which has been split between progressives and conservativesPope Francis has rebuked the “backwardness” of some conservatives in the US Catholic church, saying they have replaced faith with…
Melbourne archdiocese loses legal bid to block choirboy’s father from suing for damagesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Catholic church’s bid to block a l…
Lawyers say strategy a ‘matter of continuing concern’ after church succeeds in permanently blocking claim by two Indigenous menGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLawyers for two Indigenous abuse survivors have call…
Law allows victims of abuse by clerics to file lawsuits for damages regardless of whether deadline had otherwise lapsedA Louisiana state appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of a law temporarily suspending filing deadlines for people seeking …
Alex Crow was previously accused of acting inappropriately with students and remains under orders by archdiocese to return homeA Roman Catholic priest in Alabama who fled to Europe with a recent high school graduate whom he met through his work has dra…
Church claims it cannot get fair trial over alleged abuse by the notorious David Joseph Perrett in legal tactic that has drawn widespread criticismFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app…