The Latest Breaking News from Sexual Abuse

The retired bishop of Albany, New York, who has admitted to covering up for predator priests and has himself been accused of sexual abuse, has asked Pope Francis to remove him from the priesthood.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore does not oppose the Maryland Attorney General’s Office’s efforts to make public a report detailing sexual abuse and torture committed by area priests and laypeople over 80 years, so long as it is accurate, a spokesperson for the church said Friday.

The Rev. Michael Pfleger, longtime pastor of St. Sabina Church, was removed pending investigation of a sexual abuse allegation from more than 30 years ago.

BALTIMORE — More than 600 people were sexually abused over the past 80 years at the hands of Catholic priests assigned to the Archdiocese of Baltimore, and the church actively helped to cover up many of the abuses, a report from the Maryland Attorney General’s Office found.

Victims’ advocates say report, which identified 68 alleged abusers between 2020-21, excludes key data and figures

The lawyer for a group of men convicted of the gang-rape of a young woman at a Spanish bull-running festival said on Thursday he hopes to secure a reduction in one of his clients' sentences using a legal change governing penalties for sexual abuse.

Italy's Catholic Church on Thursday released its first report on alleged sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable individuals but victims' advocates said the number of cases was likely much higher and denounced its limited scope as shameful.

Italy’s Catholic bishops have provided their first-ever accounting of clergy sexual abuse

Oktar was charged with leading a criminal gang, engaging in political and military espionage and sexual abuse of minors.