Agreement Mandates Reforms To Prevent Sexual, Racial Misconduct at USC

USC will institute campus-wide reforms to prevent and report sexual and racial misconduct under terms of a settlement agreement filed Tuesday resolving claims related to former campus gynecologist Dr. George Tyndall.

The agreement will also require USC to “recognize all of Tyndall’s patients through a $125 million fund that gives every survivor a choice in how to participate,” according to a university statement. read more »

Nun’s Rape Case Against Bishop Shakes a Catholic Bastion in India

The case in India, in the southern state of Kerala, is part of a larger problem in the church that Pope Francis addressed on Tuesday for the first time after decades of silence from the Vatican. He acknowledged that sexual abuse of nuns by clerics is a continuing problem in the church. read more »

Church names 63 New Jersey clerics accused of sexual abuse

The Archdiocese of Newark released a list Wednesday of 63 Roman Catholic clergy members it said have been credibly accused of sexually abusing minors dating to 1940.

Cardinal Joseph Tobin, the archbishop, said in a statement that he hoped the disclosure "will help bring healing to those whose lives have been so deeply violated." read more »

Abuse of Faith

In the past 20 years, a disturbing number of Southern Baptists with formal church roles have engaged in sexual misconduct, a new investigation by the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News reveals. They were pastors. Deacons. Youth pastors. They left behind more than 700 victims. Read and hear the stories of those victims, and learn the depths of the crimes and misconduct of the church leaders they trusted. read more »