2014 update A new site from the Boston Globe includes news updates on clergy abuse and other Catholic issues.
Coverage
Globe coverage of the scandal has been divided into nine categories:
The worst abusers preyed on dozens of children in many parishes around Boston.
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For years, the church moved priests and paid off victims to keep abuse cases quiet.
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Hundreds of people have come forward claiming they were abused by clergy.
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With hundreds of lawsuits pending, the church could be forced into bankruptcy.
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An energized lay movement helped force the resignation of Cardinal Bernard Law.
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Church leaders have turned over priest files and adopted a new policy on sex abuse.
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Priests around Boston have struggled to comfort their shaken parishioners.
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Civil suits have been brought against the church; criminal charges may be next.
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Globe columnists and guest writers offer their perspectives on the abuse crisis.
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Bishop D'Arcy protests Geoghan assignment | Page 1
December 7, 1984
Bishop John D'Arcy protests to Archbishop Law when Geoghan is transferred to St. Julia's Church in Weston. Geoghan, writes D'Arcy, "has a history of homosexual involvement with young boys."
