The law set off a wave of child sex abuse litigation that has pushed some public institutions to the brink of financial ...

Six weeks before American Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, the activist group Survivors Network of those Abused ...

The new pope, Leo XIV, has something in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy. He’s been in positions of ...

Pope Leo XIV is facing criticism from survivors over his record on clergy sexual abuse while he served in Chicago and Peru.

How Leo confronts the lingering global crisis could be of particular interest to Catholics in the Philadelphia region.

The new pope, Chicago area native Robert Prevost, has faced criticism for not doing more to encourage his religious order, ...

Five North Texas men have been arrested and are facing federal charges related to distribution and possession of child ...

Groups representing survivors made last-minute appeals for the next pontiff to definitively resolve the crisis, which has ...

"Boardwalk Empire" actor Michael Pitt was arrested and indicted in Brooklyn on Friday on charges of sexual abuse, criminal ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has agreed in principle to settle more than 100 childhood sexual abuse ...

Actor Michael Pitt was arrested Friday at his home in Brooklyn on nine state counts. His lawyers deny the allegations.

The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that in an organized enforcement effort to identify, track and arrest child sex ...