a priest in Columbus and central Ohio for four decades before retiring last year from St. Mary parish in German Village, has been found credible, the Diocese of Columbus announced Wednesday.

The list of priests credibly accused of child sexual abuse who have served in the Roman Catholic Diocese ... Ohio child rape laws Mathewson had a varied list of assignments in Greater Columbus ...

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Ohio, announced in a message to the diocese on Tuesday that a merger of the local Church with the Diocese of Columbus seems to be the best response to the decline in the area’s population.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Catholic Diocese of Columbus will be home to 15 fewer parishes over the upcoming years after a deep-dive look into its 155-year-old organization signaled the need for a ...

The Steubenville Diocese was created by Pope Pius XII in 1944 as a missionary diocese from the eastern part of the Columbus Diocese. Besides Columbus and Steubenville, Ohio has three other ...

Ohio’s Catholic Diocese of Columbus will close 15 churches as part of a parish reorganization and merger plan, but Bishop Earl Fernandes emphasized new possibilities for growth, especially if ...

Fernandes of Columbus, Ohio, are pictured in a combination photo. They two dioceses have been asked to provide data to Pope Francis regarding a potential merger. (OSV News photo/courtesy Diocese ...

Dino Orsatti, communications director for the Steubenville diocese, told CNA that “all of the Ohio bishops approved the merger about a year ago.” Bishop Earl Fernandes of Columbus, who was ...