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The issue of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church has been gaining more attention, as more survivors come forward with credible claims and pursue legal action against those they believe are responsible for the harms they suffered. The Hartford Archdiocese recently...
When you put your child in the care of another adult, you trust they will protect, care for and treat your son or daughter with respect. Yet, all too often news reports tell stories of the complete opposite. Such is the case in the recently-released list of Diocesan...
Sexual abuse is something no victim should ever have to suffer. According to a recent grand jury report, internal documents from Catholic dioceses throughout Pennsylvania reveal that greater than 300 "predator priests" are credibly accused of abusing greater than...
Most of our readers in Connecticut are probably familiar with the child sex scandals that have been rocking the Catholic church for years. However, what some of our readers may not realize is that this worldwide news story has recently hit close to home. In response...
The Maronite Church removed Reverend Larry Jensen, said Jason Tremont of , who represents a victim sexually abused by Jensen, who was assigned to St. Anthony Maronite Church in Danbury, Connecticut and also involved in the Emmaus program.
By law in Connecticut, people in certain professions and occupations that have contact with children or whose primary focus is children must report suspected child abuse or neglect (CGS § 17a-101). These are called mandated reporters and they must make the...
Consistent with the stated zero tolerance policy of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Bishop Caggiano has suspended a Fairfield County priest based upon "credible evidence" that Stephen DeLuca had abused a child. Father Stephen DeLuca had been serving as a priest in...
The Vatican's announcement that it defrocked more than 800 priests over the last decade should be a reminder that sex abuse by those in positions of authority remains a problem. But it is not just a problem within the Church, although that institution has garnered...
GENEVA -- The Vatican released comprehensive statistics for the first time Tuesday on how it has disciplined priests accused of raping and molesting children, saying 848 priests have been defrocked and another 2,572 given lesser sanctions over the past decade. The...
Bishop Frank Caggiano has agreed to meet with representatives of national and local victim support groups who Wednesday called for him to hire an outside firm to investigate two priests who have been accused in the past of sex abuse -- including a prominent former...
