Abuse often becomes known only decades later. Survivors may need years to say what happened, confront the authority that silenced them, or believe that anyone will listen. A church that declares the ...

On Friday the news broke of (yet another) pastor arrested for multiple charges of sexual abuse. Specifically, the pastor of Pleasant View Baptist Church of Waynesburg, Kentucky was charged with sexual ...

Scott Hartman, a former Catholic Foundation executive, was indicted Thursday on three counts of pandering sexually oriented material of a minor, disseminating material harmful to a juvenile, tampering ...

Christopher Saunders had spent 25 years forging a career in the Catholic Church, but simmering beneath his philanthropy was a shocking truth: the clergyman was living a sinful and sleazy double life.

At the end of December 2021, the diocese announced that Martineau would move to St. George Parish in Worcester. In a Dec. 12, 2022, statement, the diocese said it had scheduled the transfer so ...

A top Australian Catholic bishop has acknowledged the eight-year delay in bringing a fellow bishop to justice on charges he sexually abused young Indigenous men. But he defended the church’s decision ...

A youth pastor has been arrested after agents with the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation said he had sexual contact with children. Officers with the Duncan Police Department asked OSBI to investigate ...

Albert Wiggan describes the jailing of disgraced bishop Christopher Saunders as like “cutting off the head of a snake”. The Aboriginal community leader describes the Catholic cleric as an “evil ...

A former Catholic priest was found guilty on Thursday of sexually abusing a student at a Catonsville Catholic school in the 1990s. William Mannion Jr. was accused of abusing the student, who was 10 ...

Denney is currently charged with grooming, procuring or promoting use of a minor by electronic means and distribution of obscene materials to minors. He is set to appear back in court for a ...

As Cornell University grapples with a high-profile sexual assault case, Catholic leaders on campus said they are responding with “prayer, pastoral care, and renewed commitment to the formation of ...

A criminal complaint reviewed by RNS revealed previously undisclosed details about sexual abuse allegations against Seth Day, husband of bestselling Adventist author and speaker Heather Thompson Day.