Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch made inflammatory comments about homosexuality and the Catholic Church child sexual abuse scandal while ...

The Spanish Bishops’ Conference (CEE, by its Spanish acronym), the Spanish Conference of Religious Orders (CONFER, by its ...

Five of the accused clergy members have died. One is incarcerated. Attorneys say they cannot find records for two others.

The accord follows complaints that religious leaders had failed to tackle the issue adequately.

The report by AG Peter Neronha says the Diocese of Providence allowed "dozens of priests" to abuse "hundreds of children," despite credible reports.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The Vatican's child protection commission accused senior Catholic leaders on Thursday of being too slow to help victims of sexual abuse by clergy and implement new safeguarding ...

Catholic Church must do more to help sexual abuse survivors and hold church leaders to account, hard-hitting report says (CNN) — A Vatican commission for the protection of children has said the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Catholic Church has faced extensive documentation of abuse spanning decades, with much of the evidence coming to light over the past 25 years through ongoing investigations ...

Correction: Jim Petosa is a former president of Quincy's United First Parish Church. His role was misstated in an earlier version of this story. Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch made inflammatory comments ...