Controversies

In what appears to be a show of good faith, the Washington, D.C. archdiocese released the names of 31 priests who’ve been “credibly accused” of sexual abuse.

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl after a report implicated the Archbishop in a sex abuse cover-up scandal, the Vatican said Friday.

Pope Francis accepted the resignation of an American bishop accused of sexually harassing adults and assigned another bishop to investigate the matter, Vatican officials announced Thursday amid a wave of scandals enveloping leaders within the Catholic Church.

A delegation of U.S. cardinals and bishops is going to the Vatican Thursday to meet with Pope Francis over a sex abuse and cover-up scandal in America roiling the Catholic Church.

The Fortney sisters, who say they were all sexually abused by the same priest in Pennsylvania, spoke out on The Story with Martha MacCallum about the damage done to their household after they let the priest become a trusted friend of the family.

Sex abuse scandal sparks outrage among Catholics; parishioner explains on 'The Story' why she turned her back to a cardinal in church.

An angry parishioner confronted the embattled archbishop of Washington as Cardinal Donald Wuerl asked Mass attendees on Sunday to pray for the pope and show loyalty to the Catholic Church amid the latest child sex abuse scandal.

An Oregon man has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $750,000, claiming his employer fired him for refusing to attend weekly Christian Bible studies.

Documentation shows the Vatican was alerted about predator priests, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro says on 'Shepard Smith Reporting.'

Pope Francis begged for forgiveness for the pain suffered by victims of sexual abuse at the hands of Catholic priests and demanded accountability, saying the decades-long abuse and cover ups must be rooted out of the church.