Clerical abuse, false allegations of

Grammy-winning Florida priest cleared of sexual misconduct charges

Father Jerome "Jerry" Kaywell, a Grammy award-winning musician, had been placed on leave amid claims of sexual misconduct before his accuser apologized and said the accusations were based on a "false memory." By Daniel Payne, Catholic News Agency, March19, 2024 A Grammy... read more

Indiana priest sues diocese for defamation

By The Pillar, March 13, 2024 An Indiana priest filed suit on Friday, alleging that when officials in the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana said he was accused of sexual misconduct with a minor, they violated diocesan policy, and committed both fraud and defamation along the way.  The... read more

Polish bishops: New allegation that JPII covered up sex abuse based on reports from communist secret police By Tyler Arnold, Catholic News Agency, March 8, 2023 The Polish Bishops’ Conference says that “further archival research” is needed to fairly assess a new allegation,... read more

LOCAL NEWS: Lake Zurich priest reinstated after people claiming sexual abuse stop cooperating with authorities

Local CBS News Team, January 11, 2023 CHICAGO (CBS) -- Blaise Cardinal Cupich reinstated a suburban priest Saturday, after those making sexual abuse allegations against him stopped cooperating with the investigation. Cupich wrote to parishioners of St. Francis de Sales Parish in Lake Zurich... read more

Cardinal George Pell, Australia’s most powerful Catholic, who was dogged by scandal

Cardinal was acquitted on appeal of child sexual abuse charges but remained tarnished by his response to paedophile priests over decades By Jennifer King, The Guardian, Tuesday, January 10, 2023 The Australian cardinal George Pell rose from modest beginnings to become one of the world’s... read more

Benedict XVI—Priest, Prefect, Pope, Rest In Peace

With Pope Emeritus’ death, the Catholic Church loses one of the greatest minds in its 2,000-year history. VATICAN CITY — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95. The Vatican made the announcement of his death at 10.30 am Rome time on Dec. 31 in a short statement translated... read more

Top Vatican cardinal sues woman who accused him of sexual assault

By John Lavenburg, Crux, December 14, 2022NEW YORK – Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet, head of the Vatican’s powerful Dicastery for Bishops, has filed a countersuit against a woman who accused him of sexual assault more than a decade ago, and has promised to donate any damages won to “the... read more

Did Pope John Paul II Cover Up Abuse?

Recent accusations against Pope John Paul II revisit the difficult question of his actions in combatting the clerical sex abuse crisis. By ERic Sammons, CRisis, December 14, 2022 The clerical sex abuse crisis hangs over the 21st century Catholic Church like a bad flu that won’t go... read more

Journalists Contradict Allegations of “cover up” Against John Paul II Before He was Pope

By CNA Staff/ ACI Africa, December 7, 2022 Journalists investigating secular and Catholic Church sources in Poland have called into question allegations by a Dutch writer that St. John Paul II “covered up” sexual abuse while still a bishop in Poland. On Dec. 2, Ekke Overbeek, a... read more

St. Louis priest to have arrest record expunged after sexual abuse cases dropped

By Jonah McKeown, Catholic News Agency, Aug 30, 2022 A priest ministering in St. Louis — previously accused of abuse before prosecutors dropped all charges — will have his 2014 arrest record expunged after a judge’s ruling last week. Father Xiu Hui “Joseph” Jiang, 39, had been... read more

Vatican clears Polish Cardinal Dziwisz of abuse cover-up allegations

By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service, April 22, 2022 VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican has wrapped up its own investigation and dismissed allegations that Polish Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz had covered up cases of the sexual abuse of minors by clergy in his archdiocese. In a written... read more