The Chicago-born Prevost was named the first American ... That has a lot of people wondering what he has said about the church abuse controversies. CBS News reported that the new Pope is generally ...

Two further priests in Peru also faced accusations of sexual abuse under Prevost's watch, it is claimed ... Returning to the US in 1999, he then met controversy when he allowed alleged child ...

Among Prevost’s more controversial moves with Francis was ... over allegations that he mishandled or failed to act on sexual abuse cases involving priests in both the US and Peru.

At this time, then-Bishop Prevost was the vice president ... persecution as she and survivors of abuse sought to expose wrongdoing within a controversial movement in her country.

"He’s the one who gave me permission” to stay at a Hyde Park monastery in 2000, former priest James M. Ray told the Chicago Sun-Times of Robert Prevost, the newly installed pope who was then head of ...

Prevost has faced some controversy regarding clergy sexual abuse although he has been defended in both instances. The cardinal’s supporters stress his innocence and say the cases have been ...

This incident is not the only time Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, has faced criticism for his handling of abuse allegations.

Prevost, 69, was born in Chicago ... two decades ago when he became embroiled in the Catholic Church's child abuse controversy. In 2000, he came under scrutiny for allowing Father James Ray ...

A priest has accused Pope Leo XIV of ignoring past child abuse allegations, raising concerns about his leadership and ...

Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, is facing backlash just ... elected pontiff failed to act on serious child sexual abuse reports under his leadership. The growing ...

At the center of the controversy is a complaint from the Survivors ... Invoking Vos estis lux mundi, a directive from Pope Francis addressing accountability in abuse cases, the group accused Prevost ...

Just weeks into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV — formerly Robert Prevost — is facing a wave of controversy stemming from his past leadership in the Catholic Church’s Augustinian order in the United States.