In 1840, there was a failed attempt to abolish ... rape, and treason.[8] The New York colony instituted the so-called Duke’s Laws of 1665. This directed the death penalty for denial of the ...

More than a dozen parishes in the Diocese of Buffaloj, New York, have received a temporary reprieve from the Vatican ...

"Our hope is that this prayer service helps survivors move one step further toward healing," says the letter writer of April 9 service conducted by Bishop Douglas Lucia.

Nearly 100 members of the Catholic clergy are expected to be among those praying for President Donald Trump and the country during a Catholics for Catholics event at the president’s Mar-a-Lago ...

Buyer who just paid $14 million for a Palm Beach condo took part in chain of related townhome deals across town that also ...

McCarrick’s downfall came in the wake of stunning allegations that first became public in 2018 that he had abused a teen 50 years earlier while serving as a priest in New York. As a survivor of ...

Nearly two years after a historic settlement was reached between the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse and survivors of sexual abuse at the hands of Central Ne ...

A DEBATE about the mechanics of increasing the clergy pension — currently set at an “indefensible, ungodly, and unchristian” level — must not delay agreement on the moral course of action, a Southwark ...

Across the country, Catholic dioceses have found ways to trim or stall attorney general investigations into clergy sexual abuse and alleged cover-ups. In New Jersey, the state Supreme Court will ...