Although there is no evidence directly tying Pope Leo XIV—formerly Robert Prevost—to acts of abuse, his record as an administrator places him at the center of a pattern survivors say is all too familiar: cases of clergy sexual abuse mishandled, minimized, or allowed to languish in secrecy under his watch. These patterns are not unique […]
History was made this week in Vatican City, but not quietly. On May 8, 2025, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago was elected as the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. This marks the first time an American has ascended to the papacy in the Church’s two-millennia history. […]
Five years after the Archdiocese of New Orleans filed for bankruptcy, survivors Catholic Church abuse are asking a federal judge to shut the entire process down. On Tuesday, attorneys representing survivors filed a motion to dismiss the Archdiocese’s Chapter 11 case, calling it a bad-faith maneuver that has prolonged suffering, shielded church assets, and wasted […]
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