A report released by the New Zealand bishops' conference found allegations of abuse were made against 14% of diocesan clergy who have ministered in the country since 1950.

New Zealand’s Catholic Church formally apologized on Friday to the survivors of abuse within the church and said its systems and culture must change.

A New Zealand inquiry on Wednesday heard harrowing accounts from people who were abused as children while they were under the care of the Catholic Church, one of whom said he was shown a corpse in ...

New Zealand's Catholic church, in response to a government inquiry, said on Tuesday that close to 15% of its diocesan clergy members have been accused of different kinds of abuse over the last ...

Hamilton Bishop Stephen Lowe, center, talks to youth at the Aotearoa Catholic Youth Festival, held Dec. 2-3, 2017, at St. Mary's College in Ponsonby, New Zealand.

A school in the Auckland suburb of Avondale is closed for the day after fire engulfed its church shortly after 4am. Fire and ...

One Wednesday, a commission in New Zealand singled out religious communities — and in particular, the Catholic Church — for failing to address or prevent abuse children and vulnerable adults ...

Dew, born in 1948 in Waipawa, New Zealand, has been a prominent figure in the Catholic Church in New Zealand and internationally.

An assessment of Catholic safeguarding protocols in New Zealand highlighted progress in many areas while also pointing to the need for further improvements.

Church leaders in New Zealand say they are renewing their “sincere and unconditional apology” to people who suffered abuse in Catholic settings, but must “demonstrate our apology by taking ...

New Zealand's Catholic Church formally apologised on Friday to the survivors of abuse within the church and said its systems and culture must change.