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When Abuse Victims Are Adults, They’re Often Treated as ‘Sinners,’ Threats to Churches

At their annual meeting last month in Anaheim, California, Southern Baptists passed a series of reforms to address sexual abuse in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.

$121.5M Settlement in New Mexico Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal

The Archdiocese of Santa Fe announced a settlement agreement Tuesday to resolve a bankruptcy case in New Mexico that resulted from a clergy sex abuse scandal.

SBC Leader’s Holy Week Plagued by Leaked Story of Wife’s Abuse

As the SBC looks ahead to its annual meeting, where a report about the Executive Committee's handling of sexual misconduct allegations will be released, stories of victimization have themselves been politicized. 

#ItalyChurchToo: Abuse Survivors Demand Italy Church Inquiry

Advocates for victims of sex abuse by clergy in the Italian church launched a campaign Tuesday to demand a cover-up inquiry.

Church Victims Push to Expand Lawsuit Window in Nebraska

Victims of sexual abuse at the hands of Catholic priests urged Nebraska lawmakers to pass a law that would let people who were abused decades ago file lawsuits against the church or other organizations that were negligent.