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July 1, 2025

Niagara County churches contributing more than $3M to Buffalo diocese settlement, By Robert Creenan, Niagara Gazette [Niagara Falls NY], (June 28, 2025)
German court rejects compensation claim in Catholic Church abuse case, Yeni Şafak [Zeytinburnu/İstanbul, Türkiye], (July 1, 2025)
Takeaways From a Times Investigation of the Pope’s Legacy on Sex Abuse, By Julie Turkewitz, Simon Romero, Mitra Taj, and Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times [New York NY], (June 28, 2025)
Violence and sexual abuse at French Catholic school: Bétharram victims speak out, By Olivia Salazar-Winspear, France 24 [Paris, France], (June 30, 2025)
Lima archbishop accused of mishandling nun abuse case, By Edgar Beltrán, The Pillar [Washington DC], (June 30, 2025)
Is the Catholic Church’s talk about zero-tolerance for real?, By Rodolfo Soriano-Núñez, Los Ángeles Press [Ciudad de México, Mexico], (June 30, 2025)

July 2, 2025

Facing 153 sexual abuse cases, the Fresno Diocese seeks bankruptcy. Critics call it delay tactic, By Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times [Los Angeles CA], (July 1, 2025)
Ex-priest assaulted ‘staggering number’ of women in ‘cult’ church group – court, By PA News Agency, Dumbarton Reporter [Glasgow, UK], (July 1, 2025)
Longtime head of Polish Catholic news agency resigns, as bishops seek tighter control, By Jonathan Luxmoore , Our Sunday Visitor [Huntington IN], (July 1, 2025)

July 3, 2025

France must better regulate private Catholic schools, lawmakers say after abuse scandal, By Elizabeth Pineau and Ingrid Meland, Reuters [London, England], (July 2, 2025)
Opus Dei Bishop stands down over abuse allegations, By Anthony Klan, The Klaxon [Sydney, New South Wales, Australia], (July 2, 2025)
California diocese files for bankruptcy to help reconcile with abuse survivors, By Gina Christian, OSV News [Huntington IN], (July 3, 2025)
Catholic Diocese of Fresno files for bankruptcy as decades old abuse claims hang over church, By Samantha Rangel and Kerry Klein, KVPR - Valley Public Radio [Fresno CA], (July 2, 2025)
Addressing the Grievous Fault of Clergy Abuse, By Bishop Joseph V. Brennan , Diocese of Fresno [Fresno CA], (July 1, 2025)
Diocese of Fall River removes priest over sexual misconduct claims, By Veronica Haynes, WCVB - ABC 5 [Boston MA], (July 3, 2025)

July 4, 2025

Cardinal Fernández says judges selected to hear Rupnik sexual abuse trial, By Kristina Millare, Catholic World Report [San Francisco CA], (July 3, 2025)
Church sex abuse victims voting on diocese settlement, votes counted by end of July, By Berkeley Brean, WHEC - NBC News10 [Rochester NY], (July 3, 2025)
Catholic Church caught in Opus Dei “cover-up”, By Anthony Klan, The Klaxon [Sydney, New South Wales, Australia], (July 4, 2025)
Diocese of Fresno files for bankruptcy. What it means for abuse victims’ claims, By Melissa Montalvo, Fresno Bee [Fresno CA], (July 2, 2025)
Fresno Catholic bishop files long-awaited bankruptcy in face of abuse claims, By Gabriel Dillard, The Business Journal [Fresno CA], (July 1, 2025)
Survivor abused by Diocese of Winona-Rochester priest awarded $7.6 million, By Rachel Mantos, KAAL-TV, ABC-6 [Austin MN], (June 30, 2025)
Diocese of Orlando faces 3 new lawsuits over alleged clergy abuse, WOFL-TV, Fox-35 [Orlando FL], (July 2, 2025)
Jay Mello out of priestly duties: Diocese says sexual misconduct allegations ‘credible’, By Dan Medeiros, Herald News [Fall River MA], (July 1, 2025)
Jury awards $7.6 million to survivor of sexual abuse by former Diocese of Winona-Rochester priest, By Olivia Estright, Rochester Post Bulletin [Rochester MN], (July 1, 2025)
Chicago Suburb Will Buy Pope Leo XIV’s Boyhood Home, By Neil Vigdor, New York Times [New York NY], (July 2, 2025)
Three more men accuse Orlando-area priests of abuse, some claims decades old, By Nick Papantonis, WFTV [Orlando, FL], (July 2, 2025)

July 5, 2025

Bishop Umbers steps aside, while denying abuse claim, By The Pillar, The Pillar [Washington DC], (July 4, 2025)
Central Catholic HS administrators, students sued over alleged hazing, sexual harassment, By Darcy Ramirez, KENS 5 [San Antonio, TX], (July 3, 2025)
Pope Leo takes first action to address abuse by Catholic clergy, By Joshua McElwee, Reuters [London, England], (July 5, 2025)
‘Gulag of the Pyrenees’: France’s Catholic school shame, By Diane de Vignemont, Prospect [London, UK], (July 5, 2025)
Priest charged with seven further child sex offences, By BBC, BBC [London, England], (July 4, 2025)
Woman says she ‘froze’ during alleged rape by former Nine O’Clock Service priest, By PA News Agency, Hexham-Courant [Northumberland, UK], (July 4, 2025)
Argentinian prosecutors want to question a top Opus Dei official in enslavement investigation, By Gareth Gore, National Catholic Reporter [Kansas City MO], (July 3, 2025)

July 6, 2025

Local priest accused of sexual abuse of a minor nearly 40 years ago, By Lauren Westphal, WFLD - Fox 32 [Chicago IL], (July 5, 2025)
French archbishop made head of Pope’s commission for protection of children, By Charles Collins, Catholic Herald [London, England], (July 6, 2025)
Vatican says leaked documents were only part of information Pope Francis used to restrict Latin Mass, By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press [New York NY], (July 3, 2025)
Chicago-area priest accused of sexually abusing a minor at Melrose Park church, archdiocese says, By Violet Miller, Chicago Sun-Times [Chicago IL], (July 5, 2025)
Pope Leo XIV signals continuity on fighting abuse with new head of child protection board, By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press [New York NY], (July 5, 2025)
Pope names French bishop Thibault Verny as new president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, By Jean Charles Putzolu, Vatican News - Holy See [Vatican City], (July 5, 2025)
Pope Leo XIV Appoints New President to Lead Vatican’s Child Safeguarding Commission, By Kristina Millare, National Catholic Register - EWTN [Irondale AL], (July 5, 2025)
French Bishop to lead Vatican’s minors-protection commission, By Mike Heuer, United Press International - UPI [Washington DC], (July 5, 2025)
People Likely Aren’t as Susceptible to False Memories as Researchers Thought, By Bernice Andrews and Chris R. Brewin, Scientific American [New York NY], (July 1, 2025)

July 7, 2025

Nampa church volunteer pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a child, By Tracy Bringhurst, KTVB-TV, NBC-7 [Boise ID], (July 4, 2025)
Catholic schools in spotlight as French abuse report fuels state oversight debate, By Solène Tadié, Catholic News Agency - EWTN [Denver CO], (July 6, 2025)
Clergy Abuse, Church Reform, and Accountability, By Scott Douglas Jacobsen, The Good Men Project [Pasadena CA], (July 4, 2025)
Payne welcomes child-abuse liability reform, Cranbourne News [Victoria, Australia], (July 6, 2025)
Benedict XVI and sexual abuse: real zero-tolerance?, By Rodolfo Soriano-Núñez, Los Ángeles Press [Ciudad de México, Mexico], (July 7, 2025)

July 8, 2025

The Downfall of a Megachurch: A Timeline of the Gateway Church, Robert Morris Scandal, By Emma Ruby, Dallas Observer [Dallas TX], (July 7, 2025)
Former Sussex jailed priest Ifor Whittaker dies in hospital, By Oliver Murphy, The Argus [East Sussex, UK], (July 6, 2025)
Sexual Abuse and Transparency in the Catholic Church: Open Wounds and Paths to Healing, By Javier Ferrer García, Exaudi [Miami, FL], (July 7, 2025)
Bishop Barron: Without an exception, WA abuse law violates religious liberty, By Gina Christian, OSV News [Huntington IN], (July 8, 2025)
Church hasn’t reported abuse claims: NSW Police, By Anthony Klan, The Klaxon [Sydney, New South Wales, Australia], (July 8, 2025)
Abuse survivors group critical of Fresno Diocese bankruptcy filing: ‘Wonders at the timing’, By Steve Pastis, Visalia Times-Delta [Visalia CA], (July 7, 2025)
Catholic Church figures highly in mainstream media coverage of Christianity, By Bess Twiston Davies , The Tablet [Market Harborough, England], (July 8, 2025)