Nearly two dozen people including many faith leaders were arrested outside the Broadview ICE facility in Illinois this week after a tense standoff with federal officers, marking the latest flashpoint ...

Yet again, we have learned that not even clergy can escape demons. The past month has featured troubling allegations of sexual abuse at the hands of a former priest in Louisiana, a pastor in Ohio and ...

Pope Leo XIV met with an organization of clergy abuse survivors and advocates for the first time on Monday, marking a difference from his predecessors, who had kept activist and advocacy organizations ...

Pope Leo XIV on Monday met with members of an international organization of clergy abuse survivors and advocates at the Vatican. Four victims and two advocates from Ending Clergy Abuse (ECA) — a ...

End Clergy Abuse Global's board members and survivors pose in St. Peter Square after the meeting with Pope Leo XIV Survivors of sex abuse by members of the Catholic clergy have expressed hope after ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The State of Washington and Catholic clergy members who sued over a recently passed mandatory reporting law have come to an agreement that may put the issue to rest. Clergy members ...

A federal judge has blocked a new mandate for members of clergy to report suspected child abuse or neglect from taking effect next week. The law, adopted during the 2025 legislative session, has ...

TACOMA, Wash. — Editor's note: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the type of legal ruling that was issued against Washington's mandatory reporter law. County prosecutors in ...

The U.S. Justice Department is investigating a new Washington state law that requires clergy members to report suspected child abuse, the agency announced May 5. Tamara Govedarovic via Unsplash DOJ ...

New Jersey can go forward with a special grand jury investigation of alleged sexual abuse by Catholic clergy and any potential cover-up. The unanimous decision rejected a challenge originally brought ...

Ominous clouds gathered over Cambridge Common at midday Friday as about 70 interfaith clergy members stood praying near the end of a 12-mile march protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration ...