Child & Youth Protection

Scott Surette, a devout Catholic and longtime owner of a home inspection firm, is on a mission to help renew the church.

In an unusual case, two priests in Steubenville, Ohio, are fighting for legal custody of a toddler who is presently under their care.

About 87,000 Australians have been sexually abused in faith-based organizations during their childhood, with nearly three-quarters of those taking place in Catholic settings, according to new research.

The bishop of a southern Italian diocese deliberately avoided protecting victims in his diocese and instead sought to protect a priest long accused of having abused several minors as a seminarian, a court in the southern Italian city of Enna ruled.

A judge ruled July 12 that the Washington state attorney general does not have legal authority to enforce a subpoena for clergy abuse records against the Archdiocese of Seattle, specifically noting that the religious exemption in the state Charitable Trust Act stands.