Tag: Religious scandals
Secret recordings show Southern Baptist dispute on sex abuse
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Releases of leaked letters and secret recordings from within the Southern Baptist Convention intensified Thursday as critics sought to show top...
Southern Baptist board OKs probe into sex abuse controversy
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee said Friday it is contracting an outside firm to investigate its actions...
Los Angeles nun to plea guilty to $835,000 school theft
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles nun who took a vow of poverty has agreed to plea guilty to federal charges for stealing more...
Chicago priest reinstated after allegations back in church
CHICAGO — An activist Roman Catholic priest cleared by an Archdiocese of Chicago investigation into claims that he sexually abused several boys decades ago...
German archbishop offers to quit over church abuse scandals
BERLIN — One of Germany's most prominent Roman Catholic archbishops on Friday offered his resignation to Pope Francis, citing the church's handling of sexual...
EXPLAINER: The Vatican’s criminal code, sex abuse explained
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Tuesday released a long-awaited update to the criminal section of its Code of Canon Law, the internal legal...
Pope sends envoys to German diocese in church abuse crisis
BERLIN — Pope Francis is sending envoys to the German archdiocese of Cologne to investigate possible mistakes by senior church officials in handling past...
NY bill would give sexual abuse survivors new chance to sue
ALBANY, N.Y. — People sexually abused as adults would have a chance to sue the perpetrators even if the usual deadline to bring a...
Chicago priest Pfleger reinstated after abuse investigation
CHICAGO — Nationally known activist Chicago priest the Rev. Michael Pfleger will be reinstated as the leader of his parish after an investigation found...
Prosecutor: Late former priest killed altar boy in 1972
BOSTON — Investigators were preparing to seek an arrest warrant for a defrocked Roman Catholic priest long considered a suspect in the 1972 killing...