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Speed of departures has been driven by series of child abuse scandals and accusations of a cover-upThe Catholic church in Germany has revealed it is losing followers like never before, with more than half a million people deciding to renounce their mem…
Archbishop under investigation on suspicion of falsely testifying about when he became aware of clergy sexual abuseGerman police have raided properties belonging to the Catholic church in response to allegations that the archbishop of Cologne committed…
Rare 1623 missal bears signature of Catholic priest John Huddleston, who hid king after final defeat by Cromwell’s forcesA 400-year-old prayerbook owned by a Catholic priest who helped save the life of Charles II, son of the executed King Charles I, ha…
Keith Flores says he never heard from Catholic church superiors to whom the priest reported his transgressions in 1999This article contains descriptions of child abuseKeith Flores was surprised to learn that he was named in a statement in which a pries…
Lawrence Hecker confessed to superiors he had molested multiple teenagers but he was never prosecuted, secret documents showThe last four Roman Catholic archbishops of New Orleans went to shocking lengths to conceal a confessed serial child molester wh…
Catholic archdiocese gives New Orleans DA files on Lawrence Hecker, accused of raping child decades agoThe second-oldest archdiocese in the US has handed over “voluminous documents” involving a retired Roman Catholic priest – and accused serial predato…
Prayer will instead be said in his suite after chief surgeon says Francis should avoid strain on abdomen Pope Francis’s recovery from surgery is going well but doctors have advised him not to deliver his Sunday blessing from a hospital balcony to avoid…
Mac McCall’s molestation case led to conviction of Catholic cleric and now he hopes to help children, the elderly and those recovering from substance abuseAfter pressing a criminal case which led to the conviction of a Catholic cleric who admitted mole…
Richard Trahant, fined $400,000 for alerting high school about priest, accuses law firm of trying to harm his reputationAn American attorney fined $400,000 for alerting a Roman Catholic high school that a priest stationed there admitted fondling and ki…
High court of Australia is considering a NSW court’s permanent stay in a case brought by a woman who alleges she was abused as a 14-year-oldFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or…