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New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a news conference at her office in New York City Aug. 3, 2021. (CNS photo/Eduardo Munoz, Reuters)

Buffalo Diocese, N.Y. attorney general settle lawsuit over sexual abuse

Catholic News Service|Oct 25, 2022|3 Min Read

Young Haitian women displaced by gang violence in Cité Soleil take refuge at Hugo Chavez Square in Port-au-Prince Oct. 16, 2022. Haiti is making news for gang violence, but the violence disproportionately affects women, especially with increasing incidences of rape. (CNS photo/Ricardo Arduengo, Reuters)

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Rights groups: Haitian gang violence has 'disproportionate impact' on women

Catholic News Service|Oct 24, 2022|5 Min Read

The Catholic Church renewed its apology to child sex abuse victims of following the publication of a report that claimed sexual offenses against children in the U.K. were at epidemic proportions. (CNS screenshot/Bishops Conference of England and Wales)

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Church apologizes again after report cites 'epidemic' of abuse in U.K.

Simon Caldwell|Oct 21, 2022|3 Min Read

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Author argues broken American foster care system puts children in danger

Catholic News Service|Oct 21, 2022|4 Min Read

Priests are seen during a special Mass for vocations at Cure of Ars Church in Merrick, N.Y., Aug. 4, 2022, the feast of St. John Vianney, patron of parish priests. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Study of priests shows distrust of bishops, fear of false abuse accusations

Rhina Guidos|Oct 19, 2022|6 Min Read

The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe. (Cocoabiscuit/Flickr, CC BY NC ND 2.0 via CNA)

Denouncing clergy sex abuse, Santa Fe Archdiocese files $121 million settlement plan

Kevin Jones|Oct 13, 2022|5 Min Read

Charlotte Kreuter-Kirchhof, a member of the German Synodal Assembly and of the Vatican Council for the Economy, stands with Bernhard Kotsch, German ambassador to the Holy See, after her presentation about the Synodal Path Oct. 4, 2022, at the German Embassy to the Holy See in Rome. (CNS photo/Cindy Wooden)

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Germany's Synodal Path continues to draw attention in Rome

Cindy Wooden|Oct 5, 2022|4 Min Read

Retired East Timorese Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, center, speaks a March 26, 2007, news conference in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Nobel Peace Prize winner has been accused of sexual abuse of minors. (CNS photo/Dadang Tri, Reuters)

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Vatican says it restricted East Timor archbishop after abuse allegations

Catholic News Service|Sep 30, 2022|4 Min Read

Bishop Christopher Saunders, former bishop of Broome, Australia, is pictured in Rome June 27, 2019. Australian Archbishop Mark Coleridge will conduct an investigation of allegations of sexual misconduct against Bishops Saunders. The bishop denies the allegations. (CNS photo/Robert Duncan)

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Australian archbishop investigating retired bishop on abuse allegations

Michael Sainsbury|Sep 26, 2022|3 Min Read

Pope Francis is pictured during an interview with Maria João Avillez of CNN Portugal at the Vatican Aug. 11, 2022. During the lengthy interview, the pope called sexual abuse "diabolical" and a "monstrosity" and said there is "zero tolerance" for those in the church who are guilty of abuse. (CNS screenshot/CNN Portugal)

Zero tolerance for priests guilty of abuse, pope says in interview

Carol Glatz|Sep 6, 2022|3 Min Read

Pope Francis looks on as Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, speaks at the start of a symposium on priesthood at the Vatican in this Feb. 17, 2022, file photo. The Vatican press office, in an Aug. 18 statement, said the pope decided that there was not sufficient evidence to open canonical proceedings against Cardinal Ouellet for alleged sexual assault.(CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Pope says not enough evidence to try cardinal for sexual assault

Francois Gloutnay|Aug 19, 2022|6 Min Read

A delegate holds a program during an international conference, "Our Common Mission of Safeguarding God's Children," in Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 21, 2021. A Polish Catholic official defended the church's record in tackling sexual abuse by priests, after the head of the State Commission on Pedophilia complained it was refused access to clerical files. (CNS photo/Polish bishops' conference)

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Polish church official: State commission can't access abuse documents

Jonathan Luxmoore|Aug 10, 2022|4 Min Read

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