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In the US, Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis

Black survivors have been nearly invisible in the Catholic Church sexual abuse crisis — even in Baltimore, home to a historic Black Catholic community

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2023

Revised report on Maryland church sex abuse leaves 5 church leaders’ names still redacted

Maryland’s attorney general has released a less-redacted version of its report on child sex abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023

Baltimore archdiocese adds 42 names to its list of Catholic clergy credibly accused of sexual abuse

BALTIMORE — The Archdiocese of Baltimore added 42 names Friday to its list of church employees who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse, including that of a longtime theology dean and professor at Xavier University of Louisiana, the nation’s only Catholic historically Black college.

Tribune News Service · Jun 30, 2023

Maryland state senator signals support for bill Catholic church lobbied against, giving hope to childhood abuse survivors

BALTIMORE — Legislation that would give childhood victims of sexual abuse a chance to sue their abusers, regardless of when it happened, has the support of a key Maryland state senator.

Tribune News Service · Dec 12, 2022

Catholic church paid Maryland lobbyists more than $200K to help limit, prevent abuse lawsuits

BALTIMORE — For years, the three Roman Catholic dioceses operating parishes in Maryland have successfully lobbied lawmakers to keep sexual abuse survivors from filing lawsuits against the church, a review of lobbying records shows.

Tribune News Service · Dec 8, 2022

Baltimore archdiocese paying attorney costs for members of group seeking to seal court proceedings in clergy abuse investigation

BALTIMORE — After saying it would not oppose the release of a report detailing decades of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Maryland, the Archdiocese of Baltimore is helping to pay lawyers for an anonymous group that’s asked a city judge to keep secret arguments over whether to make…

Tribune News Service · Nov 29, 2022

Baltimore’s Catholic archdiocese ‘does not object’ to release of report detailing sexual abuse, so long as it is accurate

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore does not oppose the Maryland Attorney General’s Office’s efforts to make public a report detailing sexual abuse and torture committed by area priests and laypeople over 80 years, so long as it is accurate, a spokesperson for the church said Friday.

Tribune News Service · Nov 19, 2022

Maryland AG investigation finds more than 600 victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests

BALTIMORE — More than 600 people were sexually abused over the past 80 years at the hands of Catholic priests assigned to the Archdiocese of Baltimore, and the church actively helped to cover up many of the abuses, a report from the Maryland Attorney General’s Office found.

Tribune News Service · Nov 17, 2022