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Priest Sex Abuse

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Pope Leo affirms celibacy for priests, demands action on sex abuse

  • Jun 25, 2025

CA Archdiocese likely to file bankruptcy after sexual abuse lawsuits

  • Aug 6, 2023

Diocese on Long Island files for bankruptcy amid sex abuse lawsuits

  • Oct 1, 2020

NYC pastor was sexting with teenage boy, FBI says

  • Jul 30, 2020

Vatican says bishops should report sex abuse to police

  • Jul 16, 2020

NY pastor accused of decades-old sex abuse of a child

  • Oct 7, 2019

Pope demands sex abuse claims be reported in Vatican City

  • Mar 29, 2019

Former priest indicted on charges of sex abuse of child

  • Mar 5, 2019

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Defrocked Cardinal McCarrick charged

  • Jul 29, 2021
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Vatican says it was warned of ex-Archbishop's sex abuse

  • Nov 10, 2020
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Vatican knew of McCarrick sex abuse, report says

  • Nov 10, 2020
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Bankruptcy amid lawsuits: Rockville Centre Diocese

  • Oct 1, 2020
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Priest accused of sexting with teenage boy

  • Jul 30, 2020
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Queens pastor arrested by FBI on child porn charge

  • Jul 30, 2020
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Queens pastor arrested by FBI on child porn charge

  • Jul 30, 2020
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Pastor at St. Pancras Church in Queens arrested on child porn charge

  • Jul 30, 2020

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Bronxville priest accused of touching 10-year-old child at school

A Bronxville priest is under arrest and accused of inappropriately touching a 10-year-old child at school earlier this year.

  • Dec 19, 2018

Cardinal: New Jersey will release names of accused priests

Archbishop Cardinal Joseph Tobin also announced Monday the church will establish a fund to compensate victims of clergy abuse in New Jersey, including in cases where the legal statute of limitations has expired.

  • Nov 19, 2018

2 lawsuits accuse Long Island diocese of turning blind eye to sex abuse

A Suffolk County woman is suing the Diocese of Rockville Centre and others for allegedly ignoring sexual abuse she said she endured for more than a year at the hands of a church music director, the second of two lawsuits filed against the diocese this week.

  • Oct 17, 2018

Archbishop of New York appoints retired judge to review sex abuse cases

The Archbishop of New York, Timothy Cardinal Dolan, appointed retired Judge Barbara Jones as an independent reviewer of sexual abuse cases Thursday.

  • Sep 20, 2018

New York attorney general subpoenas Catholic dioceses in sex abuse probe

New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood has subpoenaed all eight Roman Catholic dioceses in the state as part of an investigation into the handling of sex abuse allegations.

  • Sep 7, 2018