Vatican Office Reveals Vast Caseload of Abuse

NICOLE WINFIELD / The Associated Press Dec 20, 2019 The church must now cope with the globalization of the scandal that once seemed largely confined to the English-speaking world. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Pope Removes Shroud of Secrecy From Clergy Sex Abuse Cases

NICOLE WINFIELD / The Associated Press Dec 17, 2019 He abolishes rule criticized as leading to the protection of pedophiles. “The carnival of obscurity is over,” says a survivor and advocate. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Pope’s ‘Wrath of God’ Promise on Sex Abuse Doesn’t Appease Survivors

NICOLE WINFIELD / The Associated Press Feb 24, 2019 The pontiff is faulted for not offering a concrete plan to hold bishops accountable when they fail to protect their flocks from predators. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Vatican Is One of World’s Largest Gay Communities, Bombshell Book Claims

NICOLE WINFIELD and ANGELA CHARLTON / The Associated Press Feb 17, 2019 Author Frederic Martel details a gay subculture at the Holy See and says Catholic bishops and cardinals are leading double lives. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Vatican Defrocks Former U.S. Cardinal Over Sex Abuse

FRANCES D'EMILIO and NICOLE WINFIELD / The Associated Press Feb 16, 2019 Theodore McCarrick, 88, is the highest-ranking Catholic churchman to be stripped of his religious title and the ability to celebrate Mass. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Vatican Spokesman, Deputy Resign Abruptly in a Period of Papal Crisis

NICOLE WINFIELD / The Associated Press Dec 31, 2018 The resignations signal deep internal problems as Pope Francis makes reforms in the wake of a global sex abuse and cover-up scandal. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Pope Tells Abusive Priests to Turn Themselves In

NICOLE WINFIELD / The Associated Press Dec 21, 2018 In his annual speech to Vatican bureaucrats, he vows that the church will "never again" hide the crimes of those who have molested children. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Vatican, China Make Deal on Appointments of Bishops

FRANCES D'EMILIO / The Associated Press Sep 22, 2018 The "provisional agreement" resolves one of the major sticking points in recent years and may pave the way for formal diplomatic ties between the Holy See and Beijing after seven decades. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Abuse Scandal Hits Diocese of Cardinal Set to Meet With Pope

NOMAAN MERCHANT / The Associated Press Sep 12, 2018 Daniel DiNardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, head of a delegation of U.S. Catholic leaders going to the Vatican to discuss the abuse crisis, is accused of not doing enough to stop a priest now arrested on sexual misconduct charges.  Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Pope Is Silent on Charge That He Covered Up for Archbishop

NICOLE WINFIELD / The Associated Press Aug 26, 2018 The Vatican's retired ambassador to the U.S., in a letter that includes an anti-homosexual diatribe, alleges Francis knew in 2013 about sexual misconduct by the archbishop of Washington. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Pope on Sex Abuse: We Showed No Care for the Children

Nicole Winfield / The Associated Press Aug 20, 2018 In a letter, the pontiff urges Catholics across the world to root out abuse and cover-ups. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Vatican Voices ‘Shame and Sorrow’ Over Abuse by U.S. Priests

FRANCES D'EMILIO / The Associated Press Aug 16, 2018 The pope isn't quoted in the statement, made in reaction to a Pennsylvania grand jury finding that clergymen molested large numbers of children over decades. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )