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Archbishop of Perth says the former bishop has denied the ‘deeply distressing’ allegationsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Catholic archbishop of Perth sa…
Lawrence Hecker, 92, earlier admitted to having sex with three underage boys in 1960s and 70s, but denied using violenceThe retired Catholic priest Lawrence Hecker pleaded not guilty in a New Orleans courtroom on Wednesday, five days after he turned hi…
Ulma family including unborn child all beatified for their actions to help Jews during second world war The Vatican has beatified a Polish family of nine – a married couple and their small children – who were executed by the Nazis during the second wo…
Gregory Aymond’s letter contradicts promises made to schools and churches when archdiocese declared bankruptcy in May 2020Contradicting promises he made when his archdiocese declared bankruptcy in May 2020, New Orleans’s archbishop, Gregory Aymond, tol…
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…