Christopher Saunders had spent 25 years forging a career in the Catholic Church, but simmering beneath his philanthropy was a shocking truth: the clergyman was living a sinful and sleazy double life.

The registered sex offender, identified as Jerry Sidell, does not face pending charges in South Carolina, and church leadership maintains safeguards were in place, but a member who came forward to FOX ...

A youth pastor has been arrested after agents with the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation said he had sexual contact with children. Officers with the Duncan Police Department asked OSBI to investigate ...

A top Australian Catholic bishop has acknowledged the eight-year delay in bringing a fellow bishop to justice on charges he sexually abused young Indigenous men. But he defended the church’s decision ...

As Cornell University grapples with a high-profile sexual assault case, Catholic leaders on campus said they are responding with “prayer, pastoral care, and renewed commitment to the formation of ...

Denney is currently charged with grooming, procuring or promoting use of a minor by electronic means and distribution of obscene materials to minors. He is set to appear back in court for a ...

Albert Wiggan describes the jailing of disgraced bishop Christopher Saunders as like “cutting off the head of a snake”. The Aboriginal community leader describes the Catholic cleric as an “evil ...

A new poll shows widespread support among for eliminating the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse civil claims in Massachusetts.

A criminal complaint reviewed by RNS revealed previously undisclosed details about sexual abuse allegations against Seth Day, husband of bestselling Adventist author and speaker Heather Thompson Day.

Sheriff Bobby Jones said investigators filed the new charges after interviewing an adult male on Oct. 7 who reported he was allegedly sexually abused by Hughes beginning when he was about 10 years old ...

A federal judge has rejected the Catholic Diocese of Oakland’s $180 million Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan, ruling that the church failed to prove its proposed compensation for 345 clergy sexual abuse ...

A longtime former educator at a private school in Shelby County is back in jail after authorities arrested him for the second time on child pornography charges.