Roman Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal

Police investigating sex abuse allegations at Anne Arundel Catholic school

2013-05-08 17:42:22

Anne Arundel County police are investigating sexual abuse allegations by a former student at Monsignor Slade Catholic School in Glen Burnie, officials of the Archdiocese of Baltimore said Wednesday. In a letter posted on the archdiocese website and...

Claims mount against Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo

2012-12-26 14:55:00

Cecil Singleton had settled in to watch an episode of "Parenthood" when he caught a TV news teaser featuring the words "Elmo sex scandal." A man had accused puppeteer Kevin Clash — the man behind the world's most popular Sesame Street puppet —...

Push to strengthen state's child abuse reporting law debated

2012-12-03 09:00:00

Maryland is one of three states that requires workers in certain occupations to report child abuse but whose law doesn't include criminal sanctions against those who fail to do so, according to a state legislative analysis. That distinction met with...

Catholic officials knew of teacher's abuse, court files indicate

2012-11-25 08:06:00

The Catholic-school teacher had a pre-teen student pinned to the ground in his Baltimore classroom, the girl's blouse open and her chest exposed when the doorknob suddenly turned and the school principal — a nun — burst in. The screaming...

Revelations in abuse case spark calls for reform

2012-11-26 19:30:07

State legislators and sexual-abuse victim advocates called Monday for reforms in the way such cases are handled in Maryland, including stricter reporting requirements when incidents are discovered. State Sen. Delores G. Kelley, a Baltimore Democrat, said...

State to investigate new Merzbacher allegations, woman says

2012-06-07 15:36:00

Baltimore prosecutors plan to look into new sexual abuse allegations from the 1970s against former Catholic school teacher John Merzbacher, according to his most recent accuser. "They're investigating what I reported," said Donna Berger, 48. She met with...

O'Brien on priest sexual abuse: Making sure it doesn't happen again

2011-05-22 00:00:00

Often, when the Catholic Church's sexual abuse crisis is discussed, some defender of the church will accurately point out that no other institution has done more to study itself and to create safeguards that protect children in the area of sexual abuse....

Merzbacher's victims are right to demand justice

2012-05-02 10:30:00

It is difficult to describe my feelings on reading about the horrific story years of violence and sexual abuse of Catholic school children at the hands of John Merzbacher ("Prepared to make their voices heard," April 29). That there could be any chance...

Confront child sex abuse

2011-11-25 03:00:00

Child abuse demands that we choose sides. The victim demands that we speak up and take action; the perpetrator demands that we remain silent. Do-nothing bystanders collude with the abuser, enabling him to continue devouring children. That's what is...

Catholic priest banned from ministry in child sexual abuse case

2011-06-23 17:32:00

A celebrated liturgical scholar has been permanently removed from Catholic ministry in the wake of a "credible allegation" that he had inappropriate sexual contact with a child in Baltimore three decades ago, according to Jesuit officials. The acts by...

Abuse not a product of culture but church policy

2011-05-24 04:30:00

Anyone familiar with criminal justice studies realizes how flawed many of them are, and the recently released "The Causes and Context of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests and Deacons in the United States 1950-2002" appears to be a prime example....

O'Brien blaming society for clergy sexual abuse

2011-05-25 04:30:00

The reported highlights of the John Jay University study of the causes and context of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy, which were also emphasized in Archbishop Edwin O'Brien's op-ed ( "We can't let it happen again," May 22), are that the general...

Cardinal Roger Mahony is interviewed at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. He was asked about reports of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church.

2013-02-01 14:29:17

Documentarian Alex Gibney will debut his latest film, "Mea Maxima Culpa" about the Roman Catholic priest child abuse scandal, at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival.

2012-07-31 11:50:43

Former sexually abused students of John Joseph Merzbacher and some of their family members stand in support to keep Merzbacher in prison after the sexual abuse that took place 40 years ago at the Catholic Community Middle School in Locust Point .

2012-04-21 00:00:00