Hundreds of thousands of children were abused in the Catholic Church in France over the past 70 years, an independent commission concluded on Tuesday. The Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church (CIASE) published its final report on Oct. 5 at a live-streamed presentation in Paris. The almost
A bombshell report will tomorrow reveal that more than 3,000 pedophiles have operated in the French Catholic Church over the last 70 years. On the eve of the publication of a 2,500-page dossier on the findings of a four-year inquiry into clerical abuse, Jean-Marc Sauvé
When Pennsylvania’s attorney general began working on a grand jury investigation into clerical sexual abuse in his state, he had no idea what would happen when the report came out. The project began in 2016. By the time it finished in 2018, a grand jury
Three priests in the Archdiocese of Chicago have been asked to step aside from ministry pending investigation of their inappropriate acts with fellow adults, which they have acknowledged. Blase Cardinal Cupich sent letters Sept. 4 to parishes where the priests have been assigned, informing them
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has cleared Brooklyn’s Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of allegations that he committed acts of sexual abuse. The Vatican congregation, which handles all alleged cases of abuse of minors, ruled that the claims against the bishop “did not have
Theodore McCarrick will be arraigned in a Massachusetts courtroom this week on sexual assault charges. Both victim-survivors of clerical sexual abuse and their advocates have told The Pillar that publicity surrounding the McCarrick trial will be difficult for some people who have been abused by clergy. But
Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick was criminally charged in Massachusetts last month with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old during a 1974 wedding reception at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. McCarrick was initially summoned to appear in court this week, on Thursday, August 26. But his first court date —
At Saturday’s close of the “lookback” window created by New York’s Child Victims Act, more than 900 child sex abuse claims against the Buffalo diocese were counted by The Buffalo News. The total number of abuse claims, which as of Monday is 924, is more
A sting operation conducted Friday led to the arrest of three different men who each are accused of allegedly attempting to meet with children for a sexual encounter. According to the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office, the one-day operation was coordinated between that office, the Sault Ste. Marie
Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick now faces a fifth civil sex-abuse lawsuit in New Jersey, after he was criminally charged in a Massachusetts district court this week for sexually assaulting a teenage boy. On Thursday, a lawsuit was filed in a New Jersey court accusing McCarrick
