Pope Francis has faced pressure to address the sexual abuse crisis in the Church The Pope has declared that the rule of "pontifical secrecy" no longer applies to the sexual abuse of minors, in a ...

Pope Francis has changed the Roman Catholic Church's laws to explicitly criminalise sexual abuse. It is the biggest overhaul of the criminal code for nearly 40 years. The new rules make sexual ...

Pope Francis has indirectly acknowledged the abuse scandal in East Timor involving its bishop and Nobel Peace Prize-winning independence hero.

Leste's church abruptly resigned and moved to Mozambique amidst claims he sexually abused young boys over a 20-year period.

Pope Francis on Sept. 9 arrived on the small island of East Timor where he issued a broad condemnation of abuse, but stopped short of specifically addressing the church's complicated record on clergy ...

When the Vatican acknowledged in 2022 that the Nobel Peace Prize-winning, East Timorese independence hero Bishop Carlos ...

Pope Francis has named Providence Bishop ... after he succeeded Cardinal Bernard Law, who resigned amid the church sex abuse scandal. O’Malley, who is now 80 years old, spoke up after Cardinal ...

BOSTON (AP) — Pope ... Law, who resigned in disgrace in December 2002. “When I arrived it was a time of great crisis and of ...

The Justice Department watchdog says the FBI has failed to report some child sexual abuse allegations to local law enforcement or ... Connecticut service academy Pope Francis has accepted the ...

Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday.Credit ... But so far, there is no word if he will meet with victims or even mention the sex abuse directly, as he has in other countries where the ...

Pope Francis will come face to face with the ... But so far, there is no word if he will meet with victims or even mention the sex abuse directly, as he has in other countries where the rank ...