Survivors of clergy sexual abuse are urging the Vatican to adopt the same zero-tolerance policy that it approved for the U.S.

mandate the permanent removal of a priest after a single substantiated act of sexual abuse. Survivors argue that this policy, ...

Survivors of clergy sexual abuse have urged the Vatican to expand the zero-tolerance policy it approved for the US Catholic ...

Nearly 25 years after the explosion of clerical abuse scandals in the United States spurred a new “zero tolerance” attitude ...

The Vatican’s Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors is hosting a conference on safeguarding in the Catholic ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - On his 75th birthday Tuesday (Nov. 12), Archbishop Gregory Aymond submitted a letter of resignation to ...

The presentation on ‘Laudato Si’,’ a central document approaching its 10-year anniversary next year, was particularly notable ...

ROME — Survivors of clergy sexual abuse urged the Vatican on Monday to expand its zero ... the Holy See already approved the ...

according to local news reports Pope Francis’ child protection board has issued its first-ever global assessment of the Catholic Church's efforts to address the clergy sex abuse crisis A new ...

following Pope Francis' request that the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors produce a comprehensive overview of the church's efforts to address sexual abuse. Tutela Minorum – in ...

However, what was a maximum for his predecessors seems to have become a minimum for Pope Francis ... bishops in recent years in combating sexual abuse. After the local church was deeply shaken ...

Newsday does not name alleged victims of sexual abuse or assault in anonymous cases. "Reckless behavior is when you know something’s dangerous and you don’t stop it," plaintiff’s attorney ...