Washington state's legislation requiring priests to report child abuse disclosed in confession faces opposition from bishops ...

The Catholic religious order to which the Rev. Freddy Washington belongs says the allegations against him are ...

How do statute of limitation laws apply to accused priests? Most child abuse victims don’t come forward until they’re 52, long after the statute of limitations has expired, which leaves ...

A Catholic priest who was ordained less than four months ago has been removed from ministry, at least for now, as investigations are conducted into child sex abuse allegations.

Priests are required to report child abuse or neglect to Washington state law enforcement after learning about the crime through confessions. Latest U.S.

In a Sept. 28 meeting of creditors, the Archdiocese’s Vicar General, Father Patrick Summerhays, disclosed that two active priests and two retired priests had been accused of abuse. Each has been ...

The bill would amend Delaware's child abuse and neglect laws by removing an exemption that priests must report such offenses when heard during confessions. House Bill 74, introduced last week by ...

A Catholic priest who ordered the destruction of evidence police later said could have aided a child pornography investigation started a new job with the church Monday. The Rev. Barry Stechschulte ...

Two priests from a Steubenville church, who were granted temporary custody for a young child, are now in the middle of a court custody case. Although a news article about the situation stirred ...

Poore suggested that such exemptions likely protected priests in Delaware and 32 other states from prosecution of their own child sex offenses over the years. Facing possible bankruptcy in 2011, the ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to journalist Dan Ronan, who was sexually abused as a child by a Catholic priest in Chicago. A recently released report details widespread misconduct by Illinois clergy.

A Roman Catholic priest from Massachusetts accused of sexually assaulting a child more than a decade ago has been indicted by a grand jury on forcible child rape and indecent assault and battery ...