A lawsuit brought by a former altar boy who said he was raped as a child in the 1960s by...
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CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois’ attorney general has ended a five-year investigation into sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy in...

A Pennsylvania grand jury in recent months accused nine men with connections to the Jehovah’s Witnesses of child sexual abuse...

Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has released his agency’s report documenting a long history of widespread child sex abuse...
The Roman Catholic Church’s rite of confession must remain confidential, even if someone tells a priest that a child has...
Lawyers for former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick filed a motion this week to dismiss a case charging him with...
The Vermont Legislature is considering a proposal that would end an exemption to the state’s child abuse and neglect reporting...
The head of the Vermont Senate Judiciary Committee says he’s going to introduce a bill in the upcoming legislative session...
Roman Catholic priests sexually abused minors across Iowa for decades while church leaders covered it up, but reforms implemented in...

The Southern Baptist Convention gathers for its annual national meeting Tuesday with one sobering topic — sex abuse by clergy...