The Catholic archbishop of Detroit announced efforts to combat sexual abuse by clergy, including the fingerprinting of all priests and employees.

A new report says Rhode Island Catholic clergy abused hundreds of children for decades, while church leaders worked to ...

A Georgia appeals court said the church's knowledge of priest's sexual misconduct did not prevent a group of former altar boys from seeking legal action sooner.

For more than seven decades, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence concealed the sexual abuse of hundreds of children by over six dozen clergy members, according to a long-awaited report released ...

The Catholic Diocese of El Paso on Friday filed for bankruptcy reorganization, claiming the move is “the only path to a just and equitable resolution." ...

The Archdiocese of Detroit announced initiatives aimed at preventing sexual abuse in the church, including mandatory fingerprinting for all clergy as well as volunteers who work with children, ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Catholic priests in Rhode Island preyed on hundreds of children for decades, and were protected by bishops ...

Bishop Bruce Lewandowski apologized to survivors in a video response, and the church defended its actions in a written statement released Wednesday ...

Rhode Island's AG revealed a pattern of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. A lack of justice and accountability draws ...

A New Jersey Catholic diocese outside Philadelphia has agreed to pay $180 million in a clergy sexual abuse settlement, the latest in a church scandal set off more than two decades ago. The settlement, ...

A Polish bishop went on trial Wednesday for allegedly covering up paedophilia by priests in his diocese in a landmark case for the deeply Catholic country. The Bishop of Tarnow Andrzej Jez is the ...