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Cardinal Aveline Rebuts Paris Match Allegations on Abuse Handling in Marseille

The controversy touches a cardinal who now leads France’s bishops, elevating the stakes beyond Marseille.

Pope Leone XIV Reaffirms Doctrine, Declines Women Deacons in New Book Interview

Legionaries of Christ Apologize After HBO Max Series, Object to Use of Unapproved Images

Toulouse Archbishop’s Appeal to Mercy Provokes New Outcry

Survivors’ Advisory Council Files Canonical Complaint Against Cardinal Woelki

Abbé Pierre Faces 12 New Sexual Violence Allegations, Bringing Total to 45

Cologne Court Rejects €830,000 Abuse Claim Against Archdiocese

Cologne Prosecutors Probe Woelki Over Withheld Documents in Abuse Suit

Cardinal Woelki Avoids Perjury Charges as Case is Dropped

Independent Report Exposes Decades of Abuse and Cover-Ups in Würzburg Diocese

First Abuse Claim Against Abbé Pierre Seeks Reparations

Paris Prosecutors Decline to Investigate Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Abbé Pierre

French Catholic Church Requests Judicial Probe Into Late Abbé Pierre's Alleged Sexual Abuse

French Bishops Call for Investigation Into Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Abbé Pierre

Abbé Pierre Accused of New Sexual Violence Allegations, Including Child Rape

Vatican Report Calls for Swift Action Against Abusive Clergy

New Allegations of Abuse Emerge Against Cardinal Hengsbach

Vatican Expels Founder of Peru's Sodalitium Movement