Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If the Archdiocese of Milwaukee embraced the same level of transparency over child sex abuse as other large Catholic institutions, ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Roman Catholic priests across Pennsylvania used religious rituals, symbols of the faith and the threat of eternity in hell to groom, molest and rape children, a grand jury found ...

The “seal of confession” requires that a Catholic priest not disclose what a penitent confesses. But the seal applies only to the priest, and some kids who were asked inappropriate questions in the ...

ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — Two sisters have sued a Catholic priest, his central Pennsylvania diocese and two ex-bishops who supervised him, saying the cleric molested them repeatedly as girls — including one ...

A new report claims that “social factors” — not forced celibacy — caused the upswing in abuse by Catholic priests in the sixties and seventies. But not everyone is convinced. The AP reports on a study ...