Bishop announces local priest assignments, retirements

Bishop announces 3 priest assignments

Tennessee hospital’s website drops name of former Maine priest working there as a chaplain

Anthony Cipolle, who has been a resident chaplain at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, was removed from the program's website this week after the Press Herald reported on a woman's allegation that he coerced her into a sexual relationship.

The priest broke his vows, she says. She’s breaking the silence.

Melissa Kearns says a Maine Catholic priest – newly ordained in 2017 – took advantage of her and abused her when she was vulnerable. She believes he could be a danger to others.

St. Michael Parish to celebrate Earth Day with film, Cobbossee cleanup

Penobscot Nation members latest to sue Maine diocese for childhood sexual abuse

The four men are likely the first members of the Penobscot Nation to sue the diocese for childhood sexual abuse that occurred between the 1950s and late 1980s.

Maine supreme court to decide on removal of time limit in church sex abuse cases

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is asking the state's highest court to determine whether a 2021 state law removing the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse claims is constitutional.

Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat set for southern Maine April 14-16

People suing Maine diocese for childhood abuse ask judge to move ahead to trial

More than a dozen plaintiffs are opposing the church's motion to forward the cases to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, a move that has put the cases, and the investigative process, on hold.

Six new lawsuits against Maine diocese say priest continued to abuse girls after changing parishes

The civil complaints filed Wednesday all allege that the Rev. Lawrence Sabatino abused the plaintiffs, who were 5 to 11 years old at the time, in Lewiston and Portland from 1958 to 1967.