After a long investigation, the attorney general of Michigan has charged five priests with sex abuse crimes.

On this episode, Gerry and Colleen parse what we now know about each of the last three popes’ awareness of McCarrick’s case.

Pope Francis: “I knew nothing about McCarrick.... If not, I would not have remained silent.”

Pope Benedict XVI had imposed restrictions on the public ministry of former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick in 2008, but they were not formal sanctions and were not followed strictly, even during the papacy of Pope Benedict himself, McCarrick's former secretary said.

Cardinal Pell will appeal his conviction next month. His lawyers have filed an application arguing it should be overturned on three grounds.

Italian bishops have recognized their "moral obligation" to report allegations of clerical sexual abuse to the police, said the head of the Italian bishops' child protection committee.