A class-action lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Vancouver charges that it failed to protect parishioners from clerical sexual abuse.

Victims had suffered additional pain from the way they were treated by leaders and other members of orders. “We deeply regret this and acknowledge our failure once again,” a representative for the German church said.

Former Bishop Michael Bransfield of Wheeling-Charleston has written a letter of apology for "any scandal" he had caused and has made a $441,000 reimbursement to his former diocese.

A fifth lawsuit has accused retired Bishop Howard J. Hubbard of Albany of alleged sexual abuse.

The disposition of 150 sexual abuse lawsuits against the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania depends on how the state court rules.

To show how seriously he is taking reports of sexual abuse in Poland, Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the archbishop of Gdansk and has immediately selected a temporary administrator pending a permanent replacement.