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[Photo above: After working for years to expose systematic child sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, Ray Mouton spent much of the past two decades in his chosen home of St. Jean Pied-de-Port in southwestern France. Photo courtesy of the Mouton family]

F. Ray Mouton, the Lafayette attorney who helped expose a church sexual abuse scandal that would spread acr...


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Details can be revealed as one diocese argues it has no immediately available funds to pay abuse victims

Catholic dioceses with parishes in Northern Ireland are sitting on cash and assets totalling more than £400m.

Trusts overseeing the finances of Down and Connor, Derry, Clogher, Dromore and the Archdiocese of Armagh had close to £200m in...


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In the Catholic tradition, repentance begins with truth. It requires acknowledging harm, accepting responsibility and committing to change. Bankruptcy, by contrast, is a legal process. It exists to manage risk, limit exposure and bring disputes to procedural closure. When the church turns to bankruptcy to resolve clergy sexual abuse claims, the gap between those two ideas bec...


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Cardinal Pierre turns 80 on Friday. Who will follow him?

The long-serving apostolic nuncio to the United States, Cardinal Christophe Pierre, turns 80 on Friday. While the cardinal’s replacement may take a few days, or even a week to be announced by the Holy See, there is no doubt that the guard will soon be changed.

Media reports continue to speculate on who migh...


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A Contra Costa County jury on Wednesday convicted Richmond pastor Emilio Alberto Esperanza-Pacheco of sexually abusing a child in his congregation, a verdict that could carry life behind bars. Jurors found the 52-year-old guilty of five counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and 10 counts of forcible lewd acts for conduct prosecutors say happened between June and Octo...


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