The Legionaries' 2021 'Annual Report: Truth, Justice and Healing' was released April 6 with updates to their ongoing effort to 'give an account of their commitments to the victims of sexual abuse since the publication three years ago (December 2019) of all cases from their history.' They received four new allegations of sexual abuse against members of the congregation between March 2021 and March 2022.
The Legionaries of Christ has pledged to investigate all past credible claims of the abuse of minors by its members no matter how long ago the abuse occurred and to publish the names of all priests who have been convicted of abuse-related crimes.
Louise Aamot Charbonneau couldn't make her annual trip to the South Dakota Legislature this year to confront lawmakers with her story of surviving childhood rape and abuse at the hands of priests and nuns at a boarding school for Native Americans during the 1950s and 1960s.
Jean Vanier, founder of L'Arche, an organization of communities dedicated to caring for people with intellectual disabilities, engaged in sexually abusive relationships with at least six adult women.
The president of the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference is the latest of the country's senior clerics to push back against legislation to lift the seal of confession for child sexual abuse.
An alumna of Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio has written an open letter saying she was sexually abused while a student there and that the school administration ignored her complaints.
A small group of protesters critical of the U.S. bishops' efforts to enact reforms in their handling of sexual abuse cases gathered outside the Baltimore hotel where they conduct their general meeting.
A new Southern Baptist Convention report on sex abuse, filled with the voices of survivors, acknowledges numerous ways the denomination has failed to protect members of its churches.
The documentary "Leaving Neverland" is a slowly spun, gently told tragedy. Two men accuse the late pop star Michael Jackson of sex abuse when they were children. As I watched, I grew to believe them.