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Inquiry ordered following Guardian investigation into retired priest who confessed decades ago to child molestationA high-ranking federal official has ordered an investigation after the Guardian exposed how New Orleans’s Roman Catholic archdiocese went…
Patrick Wattigny, former high school chaplain who resigned in 2020, pleads guilty to molesting two minors at schoolThe former chaplain of a Roman Catholic high school in Louisiana has pleaded guilty to molesting two minors whom he met through his work …
Judge had been asked to recuse herself over donations she made to church run by archdiocese that employed admitted child abuserA federal judge overseeing a request to unseal secret files related to a Roman Catholic priest – and self-confessed predator …
‘He understands Julian is suffering and is concerned,’ says Stella Assange after audience with pontiffPope Francis has met Stella Assange, the wife of the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder, who said the pope’s gesture in receiving her was evidence of his “o…
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…