December, Pope Francis had a meeting that wasn’t on his official agenda or otherwise recorded, that underscored the utter ...

Authorities have expanded an investigation of clergy sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans to include ...

A distraught Pope Francis again pledged justice for the victims of sexual abuse by members of the Catholic ... advances which recent reforms to canon law have meant, which hold abusers accountable ...

Pope Francis has ended his conference on the sexual abuse of children by clergy by calling ... Shortly after the conference, the Vatican said it would enact a law to protect minors and vulnerable ...

Cardinal Sean O'Malley was re-appointed to lead the child protection panel Pope Francis has announced the renewal of the Church's panel tasked with combating sexual abuse of children, in the wake ...

Pope Francis ... "Any allegation of sexual abuse of a minor by a priest, deacon, staff member or volunteer affiliated with ...

Pope announces ... has pledged to toughen laws on the rape of children after a massive online movement has seen hundreds of victims share accounts about sexual abuse within their families.

Pope Francis has received Swiss Defence Minister Viola Amherd for a 25-minute audience at the Vatican. Amherd, who holds the ...

A long-awaited report on sexual abuse in Germany’s Munich diocese on Thursday faulted retired Pope Benedict XVI’s handling of four cases when he was archbishop in the 1970s and 1980s. The law ...

The bill was authored after the faces of female Demopolis Middle School students were superimposed over pornographic images.

For four hours, local students and crime enthusiasts were enthralled and brought into the minds of the law enforcement officers who prosecuted David Pope, the stepfather of two-year-old Hodgie who ...