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Clergy Abuse This page contains information The Rick A. Ross Institute has gathered about Clergy Abuse. Ex-Danvers priest is defrocked Maitland-Newcastle Catholic diocese pays $13m compo to abuse victims Man files suit against Diocese of Charlotte claiming sexual abuse Audit: St. Leo's Father Stan spent $1 million on family, personal items Yakima diocese named in fourth abuse lawsuit Conservative Sect's Leader, Who Served 12 Years In Prison For Larceny, Opens Church In Enfield May 2002 - President Lama sex abuse claims call Buddhist taboos into question Bush meets with the Louisville priest indicted on sodomy charges Pope and expresses his Despite priest's dark past, he was given ample time to concern about sexual find new victims abuse scandal Methodist pastor surrenders clergy credentials after sexual abuse allegations Minnesota Appeals Court reverses decision in clergy abuse case, sends it back to Ramsey County Kearny pastor must pay back nearly $90,000 stolen from parish coffers Missouri abbey faces suit; former St. Cloud bishop accused of abuse cover-up Catholic priest banned from ministry in child sexual abuse case Diocese defrocks York man accused of child sex abuse John Geoghan left, Diocese of Phoenix's list of those accused of sexual abuse defrocked Roman Child abuse cases cost diocese €8.4m Catholic priest found Lawsuit: NY man abused by priest who helped found guilty of indecent Minn. institute to deal with abusive clergy assault and battery Fugitive Sonoma ex-priest reported dead in Mexico Catholic Priest Removed Amid Abuse Accusations Belgium child sex victims sue Holy See Rabbi gets probation in NJ corruption case Riverina abuse claim sparks priests court action Kentucky man accusing former Syracuse diocese priest of sexual abuse Italian pastor jailed in sex abuse case, cardinal tells parishioners Lawsuit filed against former Delco priest Ex-Bloomingdale pastor pleads guilty Police investigate alleged sexual call by priest Columbia pastor charged with stealing $253,000 from church 70 Belgian sex abuse victims to sue Vatican Cardinal Law of Montana victims recall Jesuit priests' abuse Boston admitted he Abuse Allegations Against Local Priest Surface allowed a pedophile Ottawa priest found guilty of indecent assault priest to continue VC pastor sentenced for real estate scam serving within the Five charged in Philadelphia Archdiocese child sex-abuse case church Prosecutors defend rabbi's child-molestation conviction despite charging making false accusations Reports of abuse at camp grow Former Garnerville pastor Kreiser accused of $25G theft from parish Abuse cases against Santa Rosa diocese withdrawn 'Perv' priest sues victim New York Rabbi confesses to money laundering Pastor and seven church members accused of spanking tots as young as two months old as punishment for 'crying or being grumpy' Four current and former Catholic priests ordered to trial on sex abuse charges Retired Catholic Hudson priest resigns over $10,800 church theft priest Paul Shanley, Bridgeport diocese settles lawsuit with Powel family arrested for child Ex-priest finishes jail term for abuse rape Wisconsin man, brother face abuse charges for spankings Complaint alleges sex abuse by Lacey priest on leave Lawsuit Filed Accusing 2 Priests Of Molestation Philadelphia Archdiocese places 21 priests on leave Delaware man sues Philadelphia Archdiocese, alleging abuse by priest Abusive Priests Live Unmonitored Mum...your husband is a paedophile priest: Joan Clayton spent 13 years with 'kind, gentle' Bill Carney until her son confronted her with some damning evidence Accused priest is confined to Weston facility Italy priest convicted of abuse in key case Retired priest resigns after child-abuse claims come to light Armstrong sentenced to probation, $99,247 restitution Utah Zen master admits affair, leaves center Milwaukee Court rejects sex abuse suit against priest Archbishop Priest charged in sex abuse stayed in parish for 2 years Rembert Weakland N.J. priest Terence O. McAlinden's sexual abuses still resigns, after being investigated by Trenton Diocese acknowledging that Priest from Yakima suspended in California his archdiocese Philadelphia Archdiocese puts pastor charged in abuse paid $450,000 to case on leave settle a claim of Clergy abuse in Delaware: Oblates settle with two victims sexual assault Metro Catholic Priest Charged with Sexual Abuse made against him Geneva pastor sentenced to prison for theft from church Retired Catholic priest named in sex-abuse suit Los Angeles Archdiocese to Dismiss Priest Over Admission of Molesting Girl Two priests with Delco connections among those indicted for abuse in Philly Mercure guilty in clergy sex abuse case Priests, teacher charged with rape Renton minister and teacher charged with rape, molestation Ontario diocese pays $1.5 million in January to settle sex abuse cases Cardinal Joseph Pastor who fleeced flock is going to prison Ratzinger slaps Venice priest at heart of sexual abuse inquiry reporter's hand when Delaware diocese settles priest abuse claims for $77M questioned about cover Alleged clergy abuse case goes to trial in W.Mass. up of sex scandal by Catholic Priest gets bail in rape charge Vatican Priest 'Concerned' About $450,000 in Back Pay From Milwaukee Archdiocese Vatican asked Irish bishops not to report clerical abuse to the police Muslim worship leader 'raped boy at mosque' Clergy abuse in Delaware: Maryland parish victim settles Spain's Hindu guru charged with sexual abuse Sexual-Abuse Lawsuits Drive Milwaukee Archdiocese Into Bankruptcy Court Father Mel Thompson cleared of sexual allegations Priest and Nobel Peace Prize candidate, 85, admits child abuse 40 years ago Dutch bishops shredded sex abuse evidence NY priest removed from clergy after being found guilty of abusing former student Archdiocese took 17 years to report abuse priest to gardaí Stockton Diocese pays pair $2M Former priest Oliver O'Grady arrested for child porn Paedophile church minister Indiana church financier gets 54 years in scheme in Britain Simon Thomas Behind image of the singing priest...beast who raped jailed for life little boys Newark archbishop shielded at least 4 priests accused of sexual abuse NY rabbi, sons accused of sexually abusing girls Munich Church hid abuse allegations for decades $30 Million Is Awarded Over Abuse by Priest Police: Priest solicited murder of boy accusing him of sex abuse Priest accused in Edina brothers' sexual assault Pastor accused of Ponzi scheme Russian archbishop sacks clergy accused of alleged child abuse in convent Clergy abuse in Delaware: DeLuca 'charmer,' victim says Two women sue Yakima Diocese over reported sexual abuse N.B. diocese to compensate 35 people for abuse The Rev. Paul J. Radetski, a Menasha priest, suspended in wake of child abuse allegation Court ruling makes it easier to sue clergy in Quebec California victim of clergy abuse arrested in violent priest beating 35 years later Ontario priest charged with child molestation Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Filed Against Sioux City Diocese, Clergy Member Unsealed Calif. church docs show abuse allegations Priest extradited from U.S. jailed for UK sex abuse Las Vegas Pastor Charged with Molesting Boys Study: More than half of parishes had priest accused of abuse Sex abuse victim sues St. Catharines diocese Lawsuit: Rabbi sexually abuses student; affair hushed by college Court: Make records public in friars' sex cases Weymouth priest cleared of sexual abuse allegation Former Kilgore pastor indicted in Ohio sex abuse case Two more allege abuse at St. Bernard's in 1980s; four have now sued Santa Rosa Diocese over alleged conduct of former priest Brothers say Ontario priest abused them Plymouth pupils used Facebook to accuse 'abuse' priest Belgian report: 100s come forward on church abuse Ex-bishop in Belgian abuse scandal goes to hiding Belgian Catholic Church probe finds 475 abuse cases Ex-priest tells judge he thought Texas officials had dropped charges alleging sex crimes against children Religious group kicked off Ave Maria campus for 'immoral conduct' Cleared once, Catholic priest faces new sex abuse allegations Alleged abuser sues over website Former altar boy describes aftermath of alleged abuse by Eureka priest Belgian Church Leader Urged Victim to Be Silent Evil priest shielded by Catholic Church Second man sues Santa Rosa diocese: Suit seeks damages for alleged child molestation by former Eureka priest 900 abuse cases in Dutch clergy Alleged sex abuser priest, who led Milton center, leaves priesthood Lansing Diocese believes priest abused boys in 1950s, 1960s Santa Rosa diocese sued by alleged sex abuse victim who says church hid priest's abusive past Archdiocese Says 2 Priests Out Problem priest moved from Ireland to Bay Area Plaintiffs give up sex abuse case against Vatican Basilians say money was to help alleged victim heal Clergy abuse in Delaware: 'Horrific' rape allegations surface in diocese case Bangor priest charged over child abuse Abuse by priests, nuns alleged at S.D. orphanage Former Knoxville priest who confessed to molestation gets probation Montreal pastor pursued by parishioners Congregants sue pastor for alleged theft of over $1 million Suit to accuse Minn. Christian retreat leader of sex abuse Justices uphold ex-Jesuit priest's assault conviction Sex-abuse case against rabbi raises larger issues Pope defrocks ex-Warren priest Triad priest accused of child abuse in the 1970s Tip-off led to fugitive abuse priest in UK Suspended La Crosse priest ejected from waterpark in '09 Priest turns self in on charge
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