MILFORD, MA — After an investigation that lasted more than a month, a Massachusetts man is facing charges in connection with the rape of a child in the basement of a church in Milford, police ...

SNAP demands more than money to compensate survivors of clerical abuse in the Archdiocese of New York for the trauma they endured and for the betrayal by their church that failed to protect them.

The Rev. Ken Fleck presided over Mass June 7, 2026, while celebrating his 50th anniversary as a priest. (Jeff Vorva/for the Daily Southtown) CHICAGO, IL — A retired priest has been cleared by the ...

The Editorial Board of The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com endorses Amy Acton for governor of Ohio.David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, OH — There are moments when a community must decide what it ...

LAWTON, OK — A Lawton pastor has been arrested and faces multiple felony sexual abuse and rape charges. Lawton Police Department officers arrested James Lamont Newton, 53, following the execution of a ...

LISBON, PORTUGAL — After the extraordinary revelations – and the sense of hope – that came from the independent commission set up almost four years ago to investigate child sex abuse within the ...

SAN IGNACIO, BELIZE — Pastor Kevin Tzib, founder of Dunamis Ministries in San Ignacio, has been remanded to the Belize Central Prison after being formally charged with six counts of sexual assault and ...

WILMINGTON, DE — A jury returned guilty verdicts against a former Wilmington Catholic school teacher accused of raping a student in the ’90s. After fewer than four days of trial, a jury on Oct. 22 ...

COLUMBIA, SC — A Christian worship singer has been hit with a nine-count federal indictment. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina said in an Oct. 21 news release that ...

MONTROSE, CO — The former senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Montrose was arrested in connection with a case involving child sexual abuse, the church announced. Benjamin Garate is no longer employed by ...

PROVIDENCE, RI — A new lawsuit alleges that Bishop Louis E. Gelineau, the former leader of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, raped an altar boy at St. Luke’s Church in Barrington in the 1980s.