After years of service, Evelio Menjivar-Ayala was named bishop by Pope Francis – making him the first in the U.S. to have immigrated from El Salvador.

Father Urbano Vazquez is already serving 15 years for sexually abusing two young girls.

The charges follow a Vatican report released last year that detailed decades of alleged abuse perpetrated by McCarrick.

A long-awaited Vatican report shows Pope John Paul II knew of allegations against Theodore McCarrick before appointing him Archbishop of Washington.

Gregory will become one of 13 new Cardinals, making him the first African American to hold the high-ranking post.

The former priest at a Columbia Heights parish faces up to 30 years in prison for allegedly sexually abusing two minors and one adult parishioner.

The Arlington Diocese says it released the list of accused priests to help “further healing and consolation.”

Catholic clergy would not have to report any abuse they were made aware of during the sacrament of confession.

The Washington archdiocese says that Cardinal Wuerl’s past statements on the matter “were not intended to be imprecise.”

The new child sex abuse allegation stemmed directly from Father Urbano Vazquez’s first arrest.