Vatican instructs US bishops to halt voting on sex abuse measures
RNS Observers are calling this week’s US Conference of Catholic Bishops assembly a high-stakes opportunity for the bishops to address their role in the ongoing child sex abuse crisis that has rocked the church this year. But USCCB president Cardinal Daniel DiNardo opened the event on Monday by declaring that the Vatican had issued a […]
US Government launches investigation into Pennsylvania Catholic dioceses
RNS The US Department of Justice is launching a federal grand jury investigation into Roman Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania just months after a state-level investigation unearthed decades of allegations of widespread child sexual abuse by hundreds of priests that impacted more than 1,000 children over several decades. The Associated Press reported on the investigation on Thursday, citing […]