While Chicago is celebrating the election of a new pope from the South Side, not everyone's cheering. Some are hoping this could be a moment when it comes to how the Catholic Church addresses child ...

The Catholic Church has vowed to excommunicate any priest who follows a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report ...

Alexander Aiello, 24, of Gloucester, was charged with one count of possession of child pornography and will appear in federal court in Boston at a later date, the US attorney's office said.

A Lubbock man was sentenced to life in prison Friday after he was convicted of three counts of continuous sexual abuse of a child.