Clerical Sexual Abuse Archives

Vatican appoints judges to decide Rupnik sexual abuse case

The head of the dicastery that appointed judges in the case of alleged sexual abuser Marko Rupnik is known for writing an obscene book and contradicting Church teaching on sexuality.

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Emily Mangiaracina

• Oct 15, 2025Oct 16, 2025

Cardinal McElroy asks Vatican to laicize whistleblower priest claiming DC sex abuse cover-up

Fr. Michael Briese says Cdl. McElroy never refuted his allegations of abuse cover-ups, instead threatening laicization unless he removed blog posts exposing DC clergy scandals.

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Antonino Cambria

• Sep 3, 2025Sep 3, 2025

Vatican quietly removes Rupnik images from official website amid abuse scandal

The Vatican’s decision to remove alleged abuser Marco Rupnik’s images comes nearly a year after Vatican officials defended them.

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Robert Jones

• Jun 9, 2025

Benedictine monks publish abuse allegations after being stonewalled by Vatican

The Lepanto Institute detailed in a shocking report a scandal emerging from the Benedictine Monastery of Christ in the Desert near Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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LifeSiteNews staff

• May 22, 2025

The devil must be proud of McCarrick’s role in hurting the Church

Who knows if McCarrick even believed in heaven?

Opinion

Elizabeth Yore

• Apr 9, 2025Apr 9, 2025

Dissident Catholic website whitewashes Cardinal McElroy’s abuse case cover-ups

How can the Catholic Church convince people that it takes sexual abuse seriously? It certainly can’t count on the Catholic media to expose what needs to be exposed.

Opinion

Janet E. Smith

• Apr 8, 2025Apr 9, 2025

Theodore McCarrick, former cardinal, dies at age 94

McCarrick, who was expelled from the College of Cardinals in 2018, was laicized in 2019. He was the most senior cleric in history to be laicized for sexual misconduct.

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LifeSiteNews staff

• Apr 4, 2025Apr 7, 2025

Cardinal Fernández defends slow Rupnik investigation by saying other cases are worse

The Vatican is investigating other cases of abuse, 'more serious' but 'less publicized' than that of Fr. Rupnik, said Cardinal Fernández this week. Rupnik's case was re-opened by the Pope in October 2023.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Jan 24, 2025

Sexual abuse victim slams Pope Francis for appointing McElroy to DC archdiocese: ‘He spat in my face’

Rachel Mastrogiacomo said Pope Francis ‘spat right in my face’ by promoting Cardinal Robert McElroy to the Archdiocese of Washington three months after she sent him a letter detailing McElroy’s protection of a now-laicized ex-priest who subjected her to satanic abuse.

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Peter Martin

• Jan 9, 2025Jan 10, 2025

After being ritually abused at a Mass, the Old Rite became my salvation

It is hard to interpret what is happening in the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, as anything other than diabolical. Depriving a soul that has been as traumatized as mine of the Traditional Latin Mass would be nothing less than an act of spiritual suffocation.

Opinion

Rachel Mastrogiacomo

• Nov 12, 2024Nov 12, 2024

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Vatican appoints judges to decide Rupnik sexual abuse case

Cardinal McElroy asks Vatican to laicize whistleblower priest claiming DC sex abuse cover-up

Vatican quietly removes Rupnik images from official website amid abuse scandal

Benedictine monks publish abuse allegations after being stonewalled by Vatican

The devil must be proud of McCarrick’s role in hurting the Church

Dissident Catholic website whitewashes Cardinal McElroy’s abuse case cover-ups

Theodore McCarrick, former cardinal, dies at age 94

Cardinal Fernández defends slow Rupnik investigation by saying other cases are worse

Sexual abuse victim slams Pope Francis for appointing McElroy to DC archdiocese: ‘He spat in my face’

After being ritually abused at a Mass, the Old Rite became my salvation