Boston Archdiocese settlement rejected in pending sex abuse cases
Victims of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston priests have rejected an archdiocese settlement offer , lawyers said Tuesday. The proposal, which came late last month, offered average payments of $75,000 per person, and...
Catholic church calls for time limits in Pennsylvania sexual abuse cases
Roman Catholic Church officials have announced their opposition to a proposal that would let sexual abuse victims file lawsuits decades after the alleged abuse occurred. Pennsylvania has a strict statute of limitations which has prevented most...
Hartford Archdiocese pays $22 million to settle sexual abuse claims
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford, Connecticut has agreed to pay $22 million to settle sexual abuse claims against the diocese, a plaintiff's lawyer announced Monday. The settlement included 43 plaintiffs, who had accused...
LA archdiocese releases details from personnel files in clergy abuse settlement
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles has released information from 126 clergy personnel files that shows that the archdiocese moved priests accused of sexual abuse between therapy and new assignments for over 75 years. The documents,...
Federal court rules Vatican has immunity in clergy abuse suit
The US District Court for the Western District of Kentucky has ruled that the Holy See is a foreign state subject to immunity protections of the 1976 Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act , placing limitations on...
Grand jury slams Philadelphia archdiocese for clergy abuse, but lays no charges
A grand jury in Philadelphia on Wednesday issued a 418-page report severely criticizing the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for alleged cover-ups of widespread clergy abuses in the Archdiocese over the course of decades, but handed...
The US government has argued in a court filing that Pope Benedict XVI has immunity as the head of the Vatican state and that a lawsuit against him should be dismissed. The lawsuit pending in...
California Catholic diocese to pay $56 million to settle abuse claims
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland in California has agreed to pay $56 million to settle a series of lawsuits filed by former church members who claim they were sexually abused by priests . The...
Catholic reform group urges tougher laws against abusive priests
Voice of the Faithful , a Catholic lay reform group with some 30,000 members nationwide, approved a resolution on Sunday at its first national meeting in three years calling for tougher laws against clergy sex abuse...
Judge pre-approves $120 million settlement for church abuse victims
A judge Tuesday pre-approved a $120 million settlement agreement for class action plaintiffs claiming they were molested by priests of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington in Kentucky, marking the largest settlement agreement...
