Former Priest Convicted for Sex Abuse
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Defrocked priest Paul Shanley, the most notorious figure in the sex scandal that rocked the Boston Archdiocese, was convicted Monday of raping and fondling a boy at his church during the 1980s.
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The former roommate of one of the nation's most prolific child molesters was sentenced Friday to at least 800 years in prison for sexually abusing three boys.
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A former construction worker suspected of being a serial predator known as the "Baseline Killer" was convicted Friday in a pair of 2005 sexual attacks.
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NAIROBI, Dec. 13 -- A Catholic priest was convicted Wednesday of taking part in Rwanda's 1994 genocide by ordering militiamen to set fire to a church and then bulldoze it while 2,000 people seeking safety were huddled inside.
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A priest in the Londonderry area pays out a five figure sum to settle out of court allegations of sexual abuse.
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Two priests from the Republic of Ireland convicted of child sex abuse are dismissed by the Pope.
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A RECORD $US100 million ($129 million) clergy sex abuse settlement between the Californian Catholic Diocese of Orange and 87 plaintiffs has brought some relief to families.
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A former top aide to the French prime minister is convicted of soliciting sex from a teenage prostitute.
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A defrocked Irish priest who attacked the leader during yesterdayâs Olympic marathon was given a one year suspended sentence in Athens today.
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A former altar boy who accused a Roman Catholic priest of molesting him more than five years ago has reached a $1.2 million settlement with the priest's religious order, according to the man's parents and attorneys.
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DUBLIN -- Pope John Paul II has defrocked two priests convicted of sexually abusing children in Ireland, an unprecedented move in this predominantly Catholic nation, church officials confirmed yesterday.
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A former boarding school teacher is jailed after being convicted of 13 sexual offences against children.
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A court convicts an ex-priest of raping a boy in the 1980s in a scandal which has shaken the Church in Boston.
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An Israeli court finds former Justice Minister Haim Ramon guilty of the sexually  harassing female soldier.
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A defrocked Irish priest, Cornelius Horan, 57, who attacked the Olympic marathon leader Brazilian Vanderlei de Lima, was given a one-year suspended jail sentence yesterday by a court in Athens.
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A priest admits he is the clergyman behind a sex abuse case in which a five figure payout was made.
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A former priest at the center of a notorious molestation case a decade ago has incurable cancer and should not be locked up indefinitely as a dangerous sexual predator, his lawyer said.