Tag: Child Abuse and Neglect

President Trump's pick to head the Labor Department, former assistant attorney general for civil rights Alexander Acosta, is heading toward a relatively easy confirmation when he gets a vote in the full Senate this month. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Democrats seek Justice investigation into Labor Secretary Alex Acosta’s handling of billionaire sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein

Sean Higgins · December 3, 2018 11:58 pm

President Trump faced another top resignation when Labor Secretary Alex Acosta quit after failing to quiet questions about his prosecution years ago of alleged sex offender Jeffery Epstein.

Beltway Confidential

President Trump should fire Alex Acosta

Tiana Lowe Doescher · November 29, 2018 10:58 pm

Anun waits for the arrival of Pope Francis for his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

Global association of Catholic nuns urges reporting of sex abuse to police

Associated Press · November 25, 2018 2:02 am

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, listens to a reporter's question during a news conference during the USCCB's annual fall meeting, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, in Baltimore.

Beltway Confidential

Vatican shows for the umpteenth time it doesn’t take the clergy sex abuse scandal seriously

Becket Adams · November 15, 2018 12:45 pm

Pediatricians call for ban on spanking

Kimberly Leonard · November 5, 2018 2:43 pm

Bishop Larry Silva, of Honolulu, second from left, listens to remarks at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual meeting in Baltimore.

National network of Catholic church leaders told to preserve all communications

Anna Giaritelli · October 27, 2018 12:10 am

Tom Emens, right, who was sexually abused by a priest, stands behind a list of accused clergy Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, in Los Angeles. Survivors of clergy sex assault announced the filing of a nuisance lawsuit against California Roman Catholic bishops for covering up abuse.

Why, as a Catholic, I am happy about the headlines

Ellen Rian · October 10, 2018 4:00 am

Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, appears at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

How a council of the laity can solve the Catholic clergy’s sexual abuse crisis

Dennis R. Di Mauro · October 7, 2018 4:00 am

Pope Francis gives his speech.

Pope OKs study of Vatican archives into McCarrick scandal

Washington Examiner · October 6, 2018 6:15 pm

FILE - In this June 20, 2018, file photo, immigrant children walk in a line outside the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children a former Job Corps site that now houses them in Homestead, Fla. The landmark court case that has provided the framework for how the government can detain immigrant children has been cited by both sides of the debate over the separation of families at the border. The 1997 settlement known as the Flores agreement has been litigated off and on for the past 33 years and is a crucial piece of the puzzle for the administration's immigration enforcement policies.

National Security

Feds violated Flores Settlement by detaining hundreds of migrant children longer than 72 hours

Anna Giaritelli · October 2, 2018 6:08 pm

Then-Archbishop of Washington Theodore McCarrick arrives at an event in Georgetown University in D.C.

Letter confirms Vatican received McCarrick complaint in 2000

Associated Press · September 8, 2018 1:22 pm

Acting New York state Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood speaks in Albany, N.Y.

New York attorney general subpoenas state’s Roman Catholic dioceses as part of child sex abuse probe

Naomi Lim · September 6, 2018 7:29 pm