U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick in 2000 despite rumours of his sexual misconduct, a Vatican report found, one of a series of failings by popes and officials who let him rise through the ranks ...

U.S. Roman Catholic leaders called on Monday for greater transparency and vetting in the appointment of bishops after the scandal of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who rose through the ranks ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Mark W. O'Connell as the new Albany bishop, following Edward B. Scharfenberger's resignation.

So far, the Department of Justice has received over 320 reports of abuse by faith leaders in ongoing investigation ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday named a successor to embattled New Orleans Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond, two weeks after the archdiocese agreed to a $230 million proposed settlement for ...

The bishop will take over an archdiocese that just offered $230 million to settle claims from more than 500 alleged victims ...

In 2018, a letter landed on Robert Chambers’ cell bars in a New York prison. It was from Ricki Stern, someone he knew from ...

The decision comes two weeks after the archdiocese agreed to a settlement for survivors of clergy sexual abuse.

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop James F. Checchio of Metuchen, N.J., as coadjutor archbishop of New Orleans. The appointment was publicized Sept. 24, 2025, in Washington by Cardinal Christophe Piere ...

Pope Leo XIV has named a successor to the embattled archbishop of New Orleans two weeks after the archdiocese agreed to a $230 million settlement for survivors of clergy sexual abuse Most Rev. Fr.

"He is a remarkably capable man and very humble. He loves people and he loves the priests of our Archdiocese," said ...