Catholic Church
Suburban Catholics Fight to Erase Statute of Limitations on Abuse
Justice4PAKids—a grassroots group in Malvern—is attempting to have the statute of limitations on child sex-abuse changed so that older victims can sue those alleged to […]
Catholic High Schools Close For Strike
All 17 Catholic high schools in the Philadelphia area will close as of Thursday as the Archdiocese negotiate new teacher contracts with the teachers union. […]
Police Nab Church Vandal in South Jersey
Earlier this summer, police in South Jersey were on the hunt for someone vandalizing Catholic churches in the area. The vandal got to nine churches—damaging […]
Judge Postpones Cardinal Bevilacqua’s Compentency Hearing
Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua—a potential key witness in the trials of those arrested in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia sexual abuse scandal—has not made a public […]
Teachers Walk From Negotiations With Archdiocese and Vote to Strike
Since March, the Association of Catholic Teachers and the Philadelphia Archdiocese have been in negotiations over new teacher contracts. This morning, the union walked away […]
Catholic Teachers Demonstrate as Negotiations Continue
Hundreds showed up outside the Archdiocese of Philadelphia headquarters in Center City today as the Association of Catholic Teachers rallied in hopes to reach a […]
Cardinal Bevilacqua Competency Hearing Set
Cardinal Bevilacqua—who is ill with cancer and suffers from dementia—will appear in court on September 12th to determine if he is fit to testify in […]
Archdiocese Sex-Abuse Trial Set for 2012
The five members of the Philadelphia Archdiocese accused of sexually abusing children will be brought before a jury in 2012. The jury selection process will […]
The Church Doesn’t Get It
The testimony before a grand jury in 2003 and 2004 of Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, during the D.A.’s investigation of clerical sexual abuse, is now online […]
The Church Doesn’t Get It
The testimony before a grand jury in 2003 and 2004 of Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, during the D.A.’s investigation of clerical sexual abuse, is now online […]
Judge Wrong to Seal Grand Jury Testimony in Catholic Sex Abuse Case
The just-released grand jury testimony of Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua shines a light on the warped thinking that has allowed the priest sexual abuse scandal […]
New Archbishop Chaput’s Tactics
The new head of Philadelphia’s Catholic archdiocese, Charles Chaput, has been working on the sexual-abuse scandal here for some time—even as he was running things […]
Inside the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Sex-Abuse Scandal
It was a little less than a month ago, on a warm weekday evening, that Joe spoke to fellow parishioners at his church—St. Mary of […]
Dear Catholic Church: Are You Kiddin’ Me?
I woke up yesterday morning and read the following headline in The New York Times, top of the fold, “1960s Culture Cited as Cause of […]
Church Report Tells One Story, Victims Tell Another
Now we know. It was the ’60s that did it, that had Catholic priests raping children. The problem is pretty much solved, because we’ve all […]