Advocates for victims of sex abuse say there needs to be an accounting of how then-Cardinal Robert Prevost handled such cases ...

I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...

Pope Leo XIV has never been accused of abuse, but has been in positions of authority when accusations of sexual abuse have ...

How Leo confronts the lingering global crisis could be of particular interest to Catholics in the Philadelphia region.

Catholic priests in Washington State may risk either excommunication or jail time as a result of a new child abuse reporting ...

after the US Conference of Catholic Bishops tightened their policies, Ray was moved from the priory and removed from public ...

We look forward to protecting Washington kids from sexual abuse,” Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson told McClatchy News.

"I hope to be able to respond to [the challenges] with a healthy dialogue," said Cardinal Robert Prevost in 2023.

A ransomware attacker accessed data at a financial advisory firm involved in bankruptcy filings by Catholic dioceses facing sex-abuse lawsuits.

Pope Leo XIV is facing criticism from survivors over his record on clergy sexual abuse while he served in Chicago and Peru.

Groups representing survivors made last-minute appeals for the next pontiff to definitively resolve the crisis, which has ...

Abuse watchdog groups have expressed concern, but Leo has been lauded by other survivors for his handling of abuse.