Sexual abuse

B.C. court approves $30M Catholic school settlement, but ‘opt-outs’ could undo it

Paul Schratz · August 6, 2026

A $30-million settlement over alleged historical abuse at two Vancouver-area Catholic schools has been approved by the B.C. Supreme Court, but the deal could unravel after the judge gave 12 former students permission to leave the class action and pursue their own lawsuits.

$31.5 million settlement reached with Quebec abuse victims

François Gloutnay · June 23, 2026

The Archdiocese of Quebec, two educational institutions and an insurer will jointly pay a sum of $31.5 million to people who have been sexually assaulted by a member of the diocesan clergy or pastoral staff under the responsibility of the archdiocese since 1940.

Province to cover $45.8 million of St. John's abuse victims' settlement

Newfoundland payment still leaves $40-million gap in settlement

Quinton Amundson · April 25, 2026

The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has agreed to pay $45.8 million to individuals abused at Catholic-run institutions across the province, including the notorious Mount Cashel Orphanage, parishes and government-funded schools.

Report shows Cardinal Wojtyla's actions were 'exemplary' in abuse cases, refuting previous claims

Paulina Guzik · March 23, 2026

In 2023, following a major television documentary claiming that St. John Paul II had covered up clerical sexual abuse when he was leading the Archdiocese of Kraków, Polish experts rejected the claim and urged that archdiocesan records be opened to allow the full context.

St. John's well short in claim settlement

Archdiocese still looking for ways to pay $121 million judgment

Quinton Amundson · November 4, 2025

December will mark four years since the Archdiocese of St. John’s launched a comprehensive restructuring process in response to being deemed “vicariously liable” by the Newfoundland Court of Appeal for the physical and sexual abuse at the Mount Cashel Orphanage in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s.

Program makes men part of abuse solution

Aim is to break intimate partner violence cycle

Luke Mandato · November 3, 2025

In a partnership between Toronto’s Catholic Children’s Aid Society, Catholic Family Services and the Children's Aid Society, a new program is bringing men to the front line in the fight against intimate partner violence.

Pope Leo meets with coalition of survivors of clergy abuse

Carol Glatz · October 21, 2025

Pope Leo XIV met with a coalition of survivors of abuse and victims' advocates for the first time at the Vatican Oct. 20.

Sex offenders trying to rebuild their lives find ‘angels’ in CoSA

Nicholas Elbers · August 10, 2025

Circles of Support and Accountability volunteers are helping sex offenders to find a place in society.

French archbishop appoints chancellor convicted of abuse

Junno Arocho Esteves · July 10, 2025

French Archbishop Guy de Kerimel of Toulouse defended his appointment of a priest convicted of sexually abusing a minor as diocesan chancellor, saying that he had "chosen the path of mercy."

Vatican officially names panel of judges for canonical trial of Father Rupnik

Paulina Guzik · July 3, 2025

The Vatican has officially named the judges who will oversee the canonical trial of Father Marko Rupnik, the disgraced Slovenian priest and artist accused of sexually, spiritually and psychologically abusing more than two dozen women.