Bishop Weldon News Today

The end to this saga, long delayed by the dioceses shameful obfuscation, underscores the fact that often such morally necessary accountability can only be unearthed by the courage of survivors

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.

This week, a court ruling marked a victory for the rights and protections of the free press. Hampden County Superior Court Justice Karen L. Goodwin ruled that the Roman Catholic

For now, the judge is protecting The Eagles confidential sources. But she left the door open for more legal battles as the case moves to trial.

A Hampden County judge will issue a decision soon about whether an Eagle journalist will have to turn over notes and communications that could reveal the identity of a source

SPRINGFIELD — A Hampden County Superior Court judge is poised to decide whether a reporter for The Berkshire Eagle must provide information the newspaper says would violate a promise of confidentiality to an anonymous source.That information is needed...

The diocese says the reporters notes is crucial for its case. But producing them could reveal the identity of a confidential source who was promised anonymity. The court poised to

The Supreme Judicial Court ruled that it cannot.

A lawsuit brought by a former altar boy who alleges he was sexually abused as a child in the 1960s by a now-deceased Roman Catholic bishop and other

British human rights campaigner Benedict Rogers / Courtesy photo London, England, Mar 14, 2022 / 09:57 am (CNA). A Catholic activist insisted on Monday that his U.K.-based human rights monitoring group would not be silenced after Hong Kong poli...