Clergy Abuse

NPR has learned that the Justice Department issued subpoenas to at least six of the state's eight dioceses seeking private files and records.

HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) -- Negotiations in the state legislature crumbled late Wednesday night on a bill that would have made it easier for child victims of sex abuse to later sue abusers and enablers.

HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) -- The state Senate has started its last scheduled session week for the year--and all eyes are on a measure that aims to make it easier for victims of child sexual abuse to sue their abusers.

KEYSTONE CROSSROADS - On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will weigh arguments over redactions in the explosive grand jury report that exposed alleged widespread child sexual abuse and cover up in six of the state's eight Roman Catholic Dioceses.

HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) -- The state House has passed a major bill aimed at making it easier for victims of child sex abuse to sue their abusers.

HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) -- The state House has approved an amendment that would open a two-year window for child sex abuse victims to sue in cases on which the statute of limitations has run out.

Bishop Kevin Rhoades of the Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese has been cleared of sexual misconduct allegations by the Dauphin County, Pennsylvania district attorney.

Pennsylvania's recent grand jury report on the sexual abuse of children in Catholic dioceses throughout state has renewed calls to change statute of limitation laws.

As events including the scheduled appearance by a high-ranking church leader were taking place inside the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center, a small group of protesters were outside, renewing a call for the resignation of Buffalo's Bishop Richard Malone.

KEYSTONE CROSSROADS - Nearly one month after the Pennsylvania Attorney General released the results of a scathing grand jury investigation into alleged widespread sexual abuse at the hands of Roman Catholic priests, a legal battle continues over its findings and a group of clergy members are challenging the final report.