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• Pennsylvania Priest Abuse Lawsuit Filed Decades After Man Was Subjected to Violent Sexual Assaults as a Boy

  July 26, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  A new lawsuit blames a Pennsylvania diocese and two Bishops for failing to prevent the repeated rape of a young parishioner decades ago.

• Lawsuit Alleges Catholic Priest Sexually Molested Altar Boy

  May 17, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  A former altar boy has filed a sex abuse lawsuit against a New Jersey diocese where he says a former priest abused him for years.

• Catholic Church Sex Abuse Claims Must Be Immediately Reported, Pope Decrees

  April 5, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  Pope Francis has issued a new edict requiring Vatican officials to report all incidents of sexual abuse immediately, and says the edict should be a guide to the behavior of all Catholic clergy.

• Catholic Church Abuse Lawsuit Alleges West Virginia Diocese Knowingly Hired Pedophiles

  March 22, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  The West Virginia attorney general is suing the Catholic church in West Virginia, saying it knowingly employed priests who were accused of sexual abuse against children.

• Sex Abuse, Negligence Lawsuit Filed Against Catholic Church In New Jersey

  March 13, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  A new lawsuit accuses the Archdiocese of Newark in New Jersey of putting an accused child sex offender in charge of youth ministry, where he was allowed to seek out new victims.

• Clergy Sex Abuse Class Action Filed Against Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse

  March 11, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  A class action lawsuit filed against a Roman Catholic diocese in New York claims the church knew about sexual assaults, torture and rape committed against children by its priests for years, but failed to act.

• Catholic Sex Abuse Conference Ended Without Concrete Actions, Critics Say

  March 6, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  A four-day Vatican conference on sex abuse within the Catholic Church ended in few concrete changes, critics say.

• Clergy Sex Abuse In Michigan Highlighted in New Report, Leading Saginaw Diocese to Respond and Apologize

  February 22, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  A Michigan Catholic diocese has released a video in response to claims it stonewalled a child sex abuse investigation involving one of its priests.

• Catholic Church Sex Abuse Conference Begins This Week In The Vatican

  February 20, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  The Vatican begins a four-day conference addressing sexual abuse of minors in the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday.

• New Jersey Roman Catholic Dioceses Name 188 Priests “Credibly” Accused Of Sexual Assault

  February 18, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  The five Roman Catholic Church dioceses have released lists naming 188 priests credibly accused of child sex abuse since the 1940s.