FULL COVERAGE: Abuse scandal
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles settled what is believed to be the biggest payout in the churchs priest abuse scandal. Click to the right for a guide to the unfolding story, including in-depth features on the victims, the priests accused of molestation and the actions of Cardinal Mahony.
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A Navy chaplain was sentenced to two years of confinement Thursday for exposing a fellow officer to HIV, forcing a midshipman to have oral sex and urging lower-ranking officers who sought his guidance to photograph him while he was naked.
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LA Archdiocese agreed to pay $660 million settlement to 508 people who were molested by priests.
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Three nuns in Santa Barbara has been given notice that their building will be sold and they will be evicted by the end of the year to help pay for the priest sex abuse settlements in the Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese.
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Michael Stephen Baker’s case was a key part of Cardinal Roger M. Mahony’s fight to withhold records.
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An Episcopal order has agreed to take in the three women whose convent is being sold.
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News of the planned sale of their convent to help pay a clergy sex abuse settlement has brought promises of assistance and media attention.
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The diocese and attorneys for the plaintiff in the sex-abuse case disagree, however, over what led to the action.
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Plaintiffs’ attorneys say $50 million will be paid by Jesuits for 110 claims of sexual molestation coming out of remote villages.
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The Roman Catholic Church reaches a deal with 87 plaintiffs. The undisclosed amount, reportedly a record, could affect L.A. talks.
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Documents show how officials covered for, transferred and even promoted pedophiles.
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Children of a polygamist sect have been exploited, molested for years.
