Australia"s High Court overturns sexual abuse convictions for George Pell, a former advisor to Pope Francis and Australia"s most senior Catholic cleric

An Australian investigator who helped bring criminal cartel charges against Citigroup Inc and Deutsche Bank AG told a court he met agents from another regulator in a cafe to discuss the matter but the talks were "high level" only......»»

Cardinal George Pell will learn on May 1 whether he will be tried in an Australian court on multiple charges of sexual offenses dating back decades......»»

A former wrestler at Bergen Catholic High School accused one coach of "highly appropriate sexual predatory behavior.".....»»

All of Chile’s Catholic bishops have collectively offered their resignations to Pope Francis, setting the stage for an unprecedented response by the Catholic heirarchy to the sex-abuse scandals besetting the church......»»

Archbishop Philip Wilson, the most senior Catholic official convicted of concealing child sex abuse, was sentenced by an Australian court to a maximum of 12 months’ home detention, avoiding a jail term due to his age and frail health......»»

His letter calls for solidarity while admitting the atrocities of abuse can never be undone. In a letter addressed to Catholic pract.....»»

Pope Francis voiced “pain and shame” over the abuse of children by Catholic priests, addressing the church’s global abuse scandal in his first speech in Ireland, one of the countries hit hardest by it......»»

In "Historic Bombshell", Vatican Official Accuses Pope Francis Of Covering Up Sexual Abuse, Calls For Resignation.....»»

Carlo Maria Viganò published a letter of scathing allegations Sunday. Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigan?, a former Vatican diplomat in Washington, alleges in a letter published Sunday that Pope Francis knew about the sexual abuse committed by a top Am.....»»

A former papal ambassador to the U.S. has claimed .....»»

Associated Press/Peter Morrison Pope Francis declined to respond to explosive accusations by a former top Vatican official that the pontiff had covered up sexua.....»»

Accusations that Pope Francis helped cover up sexual misconduct, which he has so far declined to answer, are threatening to undermine his credibility on sexual abuse and to hinder his pontificate more generally......»»

Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano called on Pope Francis to resign on the grounds the pope knew for years about the sexual misconduct of an American cardinal and did nothing. Supporters of Pope .....»»

Pope Francis has called a global meeting of Catholic bishops to discuss how to prevent sex abuse, an unprecedented move and a sign that the pontiff is trying to retake the initiative on an issue that has thrown his papacy into crisis......»»

A senior Vatican official denounced what he called the “monstrous accusation” that Pope Francis had ignored reports of sexual misconduct by a favorite U.S. cardinal, but confirmed a key point within the allegation......»»

Pope Francis continued his effort to address abuse scandals that have shaken the traditionally Catholic South American country and the church around the world......»»

The pope’s keen instincts as a.....»»

Pope Francis told a gathering of bishops from around the world that the Catholic Church is being persecuted through accusations—an apparent allusion to clerical sex-abuse scandals......»»

Pope Francis capped a year of sex-abuse scandals in the Catholic Church by vowing to “do all that is necessary” to punish abusers for their “abominations” and urging the guilty to hand themselves over to the police......»»

A little-known Vatican appeals panel established by Pope Francis has sharply reduced penalties meted out to priests convicted of sexual abuse under church law in more than a third of the cases that have come before it......»»