Rachel Donadio Nyt News Service

One afternoon last month, a rare thing happened in Rome's main courthouse: for perhaps the first time ever, an Italian bishop took the witness stand in the case of a priest accused of the sexual abuse of children.Soon after, another rare thing happened. The leader of the Italian bishops' conference acknowledged at a news conference that it was "pos...

As hundreds of new allegations of sexual abuse surface in the German church alone, a top Vatican official acknowledged Tuesday that, with only 10 people handling such cases, his office might not be adequate for the task.

One afternoon last month, a rare thing happened in Rome's main courthouse: for perhaps the first time ever, an Italian bishop took the witness stand in the case of a priest accused of the sexual abuse of children.Soon after, another rare thing happened. The leader of the Italian bishops' conference acknowledged at a news conference that it was "pos...

As hundreds of new allegations of sexual abuse surface in the German church alone, a top Vatican official acknowledged Tuesday that, with only 10 people handling such cases, his office might not be adequate for the task.