sex abuse

A judge has ruled that the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis must make public its documents on priests credibly accused of sexually abusing children.

ST. PAUL, (AP) - Internal church documents show the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has paid millions of dollars in costs associated with clergy misconduct in the last decade. An investigation found that from 2002 to 2011 the archdiocese paid nearly $11 million in costs related to allegations against priests...

The Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis is asking Catholics for forgiveness, saying he's sorry that he's overlooked the issue of clergy sex abuse.

A woman who alleges a priest molested her in the mid-1980s when she was a young girl is suing him and the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Duluth has removed a retired priest from public ministry due to what it calls a credible accusation of sexually abusing a child.

A man who says he was sexually abused by an Irish priest in Minnesota in 1982 is suing the Diocese of New Ulm, taking advantage of a new law easing the state's statute of limitations for victims of childhood sexual abuse.

The Diocese of St. Cloud holds another listening session on a former deacon accused of sexual abuse. Monday night's session is the second on a man who was a deacon at the Church of the Holy Spirit in St. Cloud in 1969-70.

A man living in Virginia is suing the St. Cloud Diocese, claiming a former deacon sexually abused him 40 years ago. The unidentified man alleges he was 6 when he was molested on a camping trip near Alexandria, Minn., in 1970.