VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis gave a new mandate to his sex abuse advisory commission Friday, telling its members to work with bishops around the world to establish special welcome centers for ...

The 14th annual report on diocesan compliance with the U.S. Catholic Church's "Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People" shows that church leaders have taken steps to help many find ...

Michael Gilbride, right, a survivor of clergy sex abuse, listens to the first reading during a Mass of Hope and Healing for victims of sex abuse April 26, 2017, at St. Anselm Church in Brooklyn, N.Y.

WASHINGTON — While allegations of child sexual abuse by Catholic priests continue to surface from decades ago, a new report shows a decrease in accusations by current minors. The U.S. Conference of ...

MADRID : An investigation commissioned by the Spanish Catholic Church into child sexual abuse by members of the clergy and non-clerical staff has so far identified 1,383 complaints and 2,056 victims, ...

MANCHESTER — A lawyer for the state's Roman Catholic diocese told a judge Thursday it was ready to submit to an audit of its child protection policies, but prosecutors said the evaluation the church ...

The Internal Revenue Service has suffered another setback in its effort to pursue an audit of a church in Minnesota in a case that has ramifications for the tax agency and churches nationwide. A U.S.

Okemos — An investigation of a Catholic priest had focused on a $3 million mansion he built in 2007, but new records show the alleged pilfering began long before then. The purported embezzlement ...

Complaints of missing money and financial mismanagement at Infant Jesus of Prague Roman Catholic Church in Flossmoor have led to the pastor’s temporary removal, a state’s attorney’s investigation and ...

This is the cover for the latest report on implementation of the U.S. bishops’ ‘Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.’ (Credit: USCCB.) Listen WASHINGTON, DC — Church leaders have ...