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Retired FBI Executive Will Review Clergy Files, Fresno Diocese Says

The Diocese of Fresno said Wednesday that retired FBI agent and high-ranking bureau executive Kathleen McChesney is leading a team reviewing all clergy files going back nearly 100 years. Their goal is to compile a list of Catholic priests who have been credibly accused of improper conduct with minors, according...

Pope Accepts Resignation of LA Bishop Accused of Misconduct

LOS ANGELES — Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a Los Angeles auxiliary bishop, Monsignor Alexander Salazar, following an allegation of misconduct with a minor in the 1990s, officials said Wednesday. The Vatican announced the resignation in a one-line statement. It was the latest in a string of cases...

What Will Pope Do About Revelations of Sex Abuse by Cardinal?

VATICAN CITY — Revelations that one of the most respected U.S. cardinals repeatedly sexually abused both boys and adult seminarians have raised questions about who in the Catholic Church hierarchy knew — and what Pope Francis is going to do about it. If the accusations against Cardinal Theodore McCarrick bear...

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