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Report shows ‘astonishing’ depravity in sexual abuse of more than 600 in Baltimore’s Catholic archdiocese

BALTIMORE — A four-year investigation of Baltimore’s Catholic archdiocese reveals the scope of 80 years of child sex abuse and torture and how church officials often covered it up and, in some cases, paved the way for further abuse.

Tribune News Service · Apr 5, 2023

Maryland AG releases report on Catholic Church sex abuse

The Maryland Attorney General’s Office has publicly released a redacted version of an investigative report detailing sex abuse allegations against more than 150 Catholic priests and examining the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s response

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023

DOJ tentatively settles over Texas church shooting for $144M

The Justice Department says it has tentatively settled a lawsuit over the 2017 mass shooting at a Texas church that will pay victims and their families more than $144 million

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023

Inside the LDS church's vast wealth

Journalists and whistleblowers have estimated the Mormon church's portfolio at around $100 billion

Salon · Mar 29, 2023

Behind the Latter-day Saint church's vast wealth are two centuries of financial hits and misses

During the first weekend of April 2023, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will hold its semiannual General Conference in Salt Lake City. Tens of thousands of members will attend in person, with millions watching from home.

The Conversation · Mar 28, 2023

‘I want it to have a future’: churches in rural Australia are struggling to keep the lights on

Dwindling attendance has seen a drop in the number of operational churches in regional Australia, and ministers say the church has to change to survive

The Guardian - AU · Mar 25, 2023

Pope extends sexual abuse law to include lay leaders

Pope Francis on Saturday updated rules on dealing with sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, expanding their scope to include lay Catholic leaders and spelling out that both minors and adults can be victims.

Reuters · Mar 25, 2023

Tom Cruise's Scientology links, why Katie Holmes left and stars who STILL follow religion

The controversial Church of Scientology has some high profile members including poster-boy Tom Cruise, but many stars have left the religion for numerous reasons

Daily Mirror · Mar 25, 2023

Spanish cathedral holds mass for victims of clerical sex abuse

Bilbao Cathedral in northern Spain held a mass on Friday to recognise and apologise to victims of sexual abuse by the Roman Catholic Church in the diocese, in one of the first services of its kind in Spain.

Reuters · Mar 24, 2023

Tourists can walk on site of King’s coronation but must take shoes off

Visitors to Westminster Abbey will be able to stand for the first time on the exact spot where Charles will be crowned

Wales Online · Mar 24, 2023