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Clerical Abuse

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Speyer Diocese Study Reveals Systemic Failures Enabling Decades of Sexual Abuse

Interim findings from Universität Mannheim expose structural church shortcomings, with the diocese set to publicly respond on May 9.

Cardinal Roger Mahony Oversees Sealing of Pope Francis's Coffin, Drawing Victim Advocate Criticism

Essen Court Rejects €300,000 Abuse Compensation Claim Against Diocese

Theodore McCarrick, Defrocked Cardinal Accused of Sexual Abuse, Dies at 94

New Allegations of Abuse Emerge Against Cardinal Hengsbach