Reacting to the scandal of clergy sex abuse and cover-up 17 years ago, eight bishops offered a bold proposal to convene a regional synod for the church in the United States.
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Cardinal George Pell’s appeal verdict is coming—but it still might not be the final word.
Cardinal Pell would walk free if the three judges acquit him of the five convictions.
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Facing lawsuit, retired Albany Bishop Hubbard says he has ‘never sexually abused anyone’
Bishop Hubbard is taking a voluntary leave of absence from the Diocese of Albany to deal with the allegations, which he says “with full and complete confidence” are false.
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Diocese of San Diego gathers all 2,500+ employees to hear new steps in sex abuse fight
U.S. church reforms adopted in the early 2000s have contributed to a dramatic decline in cases of child abuse by clergy. The San Diego Diocese has not had a confirmed incident of sexual abuse of a minor by any of its priests in the past 20 years, records show.
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Former Albany bishop named among child abuse lawsuits as N.Y. ‘look back’ laws kick in
Among the dozens of priests named in new lawsuits is at least one bishop, the Most Rev. Howard Hubbard, who led the Diocese of Albany from 1977 to 2014. He is accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing a 16-year-old in the 1990s.
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Bishop: Shootings show ‘all communities are affected by racism’
“This evil affects everyone, and all communities are affected by racism,” said Bishop Shelton J. Fabre.
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San Antonio archbishop regrets tweets implying Trump is a racist
On Tuesday, Archbishop García-Siller tweeted that the president should “stop hate and racism, starting with yourself.” The tweet has since been deleted.
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Former cardinal McCarrick’s letters to victims show signs of grooming
But taken in context, the correspondence penned by disgraced ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick to the young men he is accused of sexually abusing or harassing is a window into the way a predator grooms his prey.
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El Paso bishop meets with victims, family members of Texas mass shooting
“As I visited with victims and those they love, my heart was breaking within me,” Bishop Mark J. Seitz said.
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Pope Francis joins prayers for victims of bloody weekend in U.S.
“I am spiritually close to the victims of the episodes of violence that these days have bloodied Texas, California and Ohio, in the United States, affecting defenseless people,” Pope Francis said.