Hamburg Archbishop Hess stepped down as spiritual assistant to the Central Committee of German Catholics amid abuse cover-up allegations.
Amid cover-up allegations, German prelate steps down from lay organization
Vatican report reveals omissions in Archbishop Vigano’s ‘testimony’
The Vatican’s extensive report on Theodore E. McCarrick revealed several crucial details that call into question the 2018 “testimony” of Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, including that he did not investigate the former cardinal when ordered to do so by the Vatican in 2012.
Vatican criminal trial begins against priests accused in abuse case
Priest accused of sexual abuse and former rector of the seminary obstruction of the investigation at a minor seminary inside the Vatican.
U.S. bishops discuss proposed restrictions on prelates removed from office
During the second day of their annual fall assembly in Baltimore, the U.S. bishops discussed, even though they weren’t voting on, procedures they could use to restrict bishops removed from their position or reassigned due to sexual abuse allegations or “grave negligence in office.”