Theodore McCarrick

The Vatican’s report into ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has raised uncomfortable issues the Holy See will have to confront going forward, chief among them what it will do about current and future clergy who use their power to sexually abuse adults

Men who have made allegations of abuse by former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick expressed shock, outrage and anger after an internal Vatican report revealed the scale of what was known about the clergyman’s behavior and what was ignored

A Vatican investigation of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has found that bishops, cardinals and popes downplayed or dismissed multiple reports of sexual misconduct. Mary Ann Ahern has details on the report and the reaction in Chicago.

Pope Francis is vowing to rid the Catholic Church of sexual abuse and offering prayers to victims of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick

The long-awaited Vatican report on Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, once the head of the Archdiocese of Washington DC, says both Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI and others were aware of the accusations McCarrick abused minors and adults. Chicago’s Cardinal Blase Cupich says, “this is a painful moment, but a good moment, it’s a catharsis.” McCarrick was dismissed last...

A Vatican investigation of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has found that bishops, cardinals and popes downplayed or dismissed multiple reports of sexual misconduct

Former Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing boys at a beach house in New Jersey in the 1980s.

Attorneys who have represented clergy abuse victims across the United States say they are releasing a report that lists the names of every Catholic priest and lay person in Illinois who has been publicly accused of sexual misconduct.

The most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted of child sex abuse was sent to prison on Wednesday and will wait two weeks to learn his sentence for molesting two choirboys in a Melbourne cathedral two decades ago. Victorian state County Court Chief Judge Peter Kidd revoked Cardinal George Pell’s bail at the end of a sentencing hearing in a packed,...

As top Catholic bishops from around the world meet later this week in Rome on the priest abuse crisis, Chicago’s Cardinal Blase Cupich will be front and center.

As top Catholic bishops from around the world meet later this week in Rome on the priest abuse crisis, Chicago’s Cardinal Blase Cupich will be front and center. Mary Ann Ahern reports.

A Virginia’s man’s testimony against ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick could prove pivotal in determining the future of the Catholic church. News4’s David Culver spoke with him.

Days before the Vatican begins its first ever global summit on priest abuse, former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been defrocked.

The Vatican blocked U.S. bishops from taking measures to address the clergy sex abuse scandal because U.S. church leaders failed to sufficiently consult with the Holy See beforehand about legally problematic proposals, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press.

A sweeping investigation of Catholic clergy sexual abuse by the office of Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, contends that abuse of minors in Illinois is “significantly more extensive” than the six dioceses in Illinois have previously reported.

An Illinois priest has been removed from ministry again, years after a conviction for manufacturing and selling a date-rape drug.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was meeting in Baltimore this week on the heels of what’s been called a “summer of shame” with widespread reports of abuse at the hands of priests and questions on whether bishops looked the other way.

As the U.S. Catholic Bishops prepare to gather in Baltimore this week, bishops nationwide are releasing the names of more priests accused of abuse.

The priest abuse crisis facing the Catholic Church has prompted Cardinal Blase Cupich to release a new statement that “the Church will not tolerate any cover-ups or accept a different standard for bishops who abuse or cover up.”

A California lawsuit was announced Tuesday naming a priest who retired from Chicago in 1973 and moved to the West Coast and allegedly abused young men there.