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Attorneys involved in a 2021 lawsuit against the Springfield Diocese over allegations of rape have signaled their intentions to settle the case short of a trial.

In a 48-page decision, Hampden Superior Court Judge Karen L. Goodwin found a longtime Springfield Catholic diocesan lawyer served as a disingenuous spin doctor to shield late Bishop Christopher Weldon from decades-old rape allegations.

Bishop William D. Byrne says meeting with victims is one of the most difficult parts of the job, but it's a privilege for him.

News Briefing: Britain and Ireland

Archbishop Listecki said “the false assertions of Father James Connell have caused understandable and widespread unrest among the People of God, causing them to question if the privacy of the confessional can now be violated.”

WILMINGTON, Del. (OSV News) -- The Delaware General Assembly is taking aim at a basic tenet of the Catholic Church and wants to break the seal of confession between a priest and penitent. House Bill 74 would do away with the privilege between priest and penitent in a sacramental confession by requiring priests to report information relating to child abuse and neglect that is shared in a confessional. The Diocese of Wilmington said priests are prohibited from breaking the seal of confession and

House Bill 74 would do away with the privilege in a sacramental confession by requiring priests to report information relating to child abuse and neglect that is shared in a confessional.

On June 3, 2017, three terrorists ploughed a van into pedestrians on London Bridge, before knifing innocents in Borough market, killing eight people.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Although Catholic leaders and state Catholic conferences had pushed for the defeat of ballot measures protecting legal abortion and urged voters to pass measures restricting abortions, state voters ultimately went the other way Nov. 8. Voters in California, Vermont and Michigan approved abortion protections, while Kentucky and Montana voters rejected abortion restrictions. These ballot measures were the first time voters faced the opportunity to weigh in on abortion laws si

Although Catholic leaders and state Catholic conferences had pushed for the defeat of ballot measures protecting legal abortion and urged voters to pass measures restricting abortions, state voters ultimately went the other way Nov. 8. Voters in California, Vermont and Michigan approved abortion protections, while Kentucky and Montana voters rejected abortion restrictions.