Priests are required to report child abuse or neglect to Washington state law enforcement after learning about the crime ...

A group known for protecting those sexually abused by Catholic priests has sent a letter to Pope Leo XIV to ask him to sign ...

A sexual abuse survivors' group is asking Pope Leo XIV to sign new canon law on sex abuse by priests in the Catholic Church.

A Washington state lawmaker has called on the Catholic Church to change its centuries-old confessional policy so that priests ...

Democratic state Senator Noel Frame sponsored a bill requiring priests to report any alleged child abuse they hear about ...

If the law requiring clergy to report abuse were in place years ago, the epidemic of child sexual abuse could have been ...

Survivors say Pope Leo must commit to transparency in investigations of priests accused of sexual abuse. His record on doing ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Survivors of clergy sexual abuse amplified calls Tuesday for a global zero-tolerance policy from the new ...

Pope Leo XIV failed to properly investigate sex abuse claims while in prominent leadership roles in Chicago, victims’ group ...

The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, called on the pope to enshrine in canon law that the Catholic ...

Catholic Church officials in Kansas have released new reports this month into allegations of abuse against three former ...

The Archdiocese of New Orleans has agreed to pay nearly $180 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement announced Wednesday ...