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In this Aug. 30, 2018 photo, John Delaney shows off his tattoos after speaking about his experience being abused as a child by the priest at his childhood church in Philadelphia, in his Sevierville, Tenn. On Monday, Sept. 30, 2019, victim compensation funds in Philadelphia, Allentown, Scranton and Pittsburgh will close to applications. Delaney said fund administrators offered him $500,000 and told him that it was the highest amount they would offer. He turned it down, he said. Sober for three years and counseling victims of sexual abuse and people struggling with addiction in San Antonio, it was never about the money. It was about justice and getting into court where a judge can force church officials to testify under oath, he said. (Caitie McMekin/The Tennessean via AP)

New chapter opens in Pennsylvania in fight over suing church

By MARC LEVY - Associated Press

Dismissed NFL suit cited in sexual abuse suit against church

By KEVIN McGILL - Associated Press

The Latest: Dismissed NFL suit cited in 2 sex abuse defenses

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Pope Francis arrives to recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019. Pope Francis says he was stuck for 25 minutes in a Vatican elevator and had to be rescued by firefighters. Francis apologized to faithful in St. Peter's Square Sunday for showing up seven minutes late for his traditional noon appointment with the public. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope names 13 new cardinals, including 2 who help migrants

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

La Jarvis D. Love is photographed in his home in Senatobia, Miss., Sunday, June 9, 2019. Love says he was sexually abused by a Franciscan friar at a Catholic grade school in Greenwood. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

In Mississippi Delta, Catholic abuse cases settled on cheap

By MICHAEL REZENDES - Associated Press

Tacoma landmark church to be demolished

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This Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019 photo shows Brian Toale shows a photo of himself at 16 years old in New York. Thousands of people who say they were molested as children in New York state will head to court this week to file lawsuits against their alleged abusers and the institutions where they worked. Toale, 66, who says he was molested by an employee at a Catholic high school he attended on Long Island, was one of the leaders in the fight to pass the Child Victims Act. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Over 400 sex abuse suits filed as litigation window opens

By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press

Church cancels annual festival after letter raises concerns

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New York sex abuse cases: A look at lawsuits filed Wednesday

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Doors of church in west Michigan spray-painted with graffiti

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Walter Denton prays as the sun rises in his backyard in Agat, Guam, Saturday, May 11, 2019. Denton is one of over 200 former altar boys, students and Boy Scouts who are now suing Guam's Catholic archdiocese over decades of sexual abuse they say they suffered at the hands of almost three dozen clergy, teachers and scoutmasters. &quot;He took everything from me. From that day forward my demeanor changed. I break down, I hurt everyday and I still hurt,&quot; said Denton. But, he adds, &quot;he didn't ruin my faith. I still believe in God.&quot; Former Archbishop of Agana, Anthony Apuron denies the allegations. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Guam’s ex-archbishop shielded culture of clergy sex abuse

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2011 file photo, Cuba's Cardinal Jaime Ortega celebrates a Mass, in Havana. Cuba's Roman Catholic Church said Friday, July 26, 2019, the former archbishop of Havana who helped organize the first papal visit to communist Cuba has died. Ortega was 83. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)

Cardinal Ortega, former archbishop of Havana, dies at 82

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and PETER ORSI - Associated Press

Associated Press staff photographer Gerald Herbert and Lucy Sikes kiss after being wed at Mater Dolorosa Catholic Church ahead of Tropical Storm Barry in New Orleans, Friday, July 12, 2019. Originally scheduled for Saturday, the couple moved the nuptials up a day to avoid the arrival of Barry. (Max Becherer/The Advocate via AP)

As storm moved in, 1 couple moved up their wedding ceremony

By REBECCA SANTANA - Associated Press

Pope Francis surprised reporters who follow the Catholic Church by naming seven women to join the Curia, the Vatican's ministerial board. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Pope Francis announces seven women will be named to Curia

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2018 file photo state Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, speaks on the floor of the Senate, in Sacramento, Calif. Hill has put on hold, Tuesday, July 9,2019 a bill that would have required clergy to report knowledge of child abuse or neglect from their co-workers, even if they learned about it in confession. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Bill to make priests report abuse put on hold in California

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

In this June 9, 2019 photo, Father Eduard Perrone conducts a choir during mass at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin March Parish in Detroit. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit said Sunday, July 7 that it has removed Perrone from public ministry after receiving what it described as a &quot;credible allegation&quot; that he had abused a child decades ago. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Archdiocese removes prominent Detroit priest from pulpit

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER AND MARTHA MENDOZA - Associated Press

In this June 9, 2019 photo, Father Eduard Perrone conducts a choir during mass at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin March Parish in Detroit. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit said Sunday, July 7 that it has removed Perrone from public ministry after receiving what it described as a &quot;credible allegation&quot; that he had abused a child decades ago. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Prominent Detroit priest removed from pulpit

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER AND MARTHA MENDOZA - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 26, 2014 file photo, a Roman catholic priest, back to camera, listens to a man's confession during a mass for late Pope John Paul II and John XXIII in Saint Luigi dei Francesi (St. Louis of the French) church, in Rome. The Holy See’s Apostolic Penitentiaria, a tribunal which deals with absolution and confessional matters, reiterated the secrecy obligation in a six-page document made public Monday, July 1, 2019, by the Vatican. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, file)

Amid sex abuse scandals, Vatican upholds confession secrecy

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Aldo Davila, the first openly gay congressman-elect in Guatemala's history, poses for photos during an interview at his office in Guatemala City, Tuesday, June 18, 2019. Proudly gay and living with HIV, the 41-year-old businessman says the rainbow flag will not be his only cause. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Aldo Dávila set to be Guatemala’s 1st openly gay congressman

By SONIA PÉREZ D. - Associated Press

Pope Francis blesses the coffin as he celebrates the funeral service of Cardinal Leon Kalenga Badikebele, the Apostolic nuncio in Argentina, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, June 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Vatican formally opens debate on married priests in Amazon

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press