Since Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope in 2013, he has spoken often and forcefully about the rights of the poor, the marginalized, and those who’ve been sexually abused by Catholic priests. The Pope told US victims of clerical abuse last year that “all responsible will be held accountable” and called for stronger “oversight to ensure […]
Catholic Priest Sentenced to Six Months for Sexually Assaulting Model During Flight
August 27, 2015 By
A 46-year-old Diocese of San Bernardino Catholic priest has been sentenced to six months in prison for sexually groping a woman during an overnight flight from Philadelphia to Los Angeles last August. The woman, who is employed as a model, woke up and found Marcelo de Jesumaria touching her breasts and buttocks. She immediately asked […]
Judge Orders Catholic Priest to Pay $5 Million in Sex Abuse Case
August 26, 2015 By
A federal judge in Spokane, Washington ordered a former Catholic priest who sexually abused an Oregon man to pay the survivor $5,000,000. Ernest Dale Calhoun, who did not deny the survivor’s allegations, began serving in the Yakima, Washington Diocese in 1977. This sexual abuse lawsuit was not the first case filed against Calhoun who has […]