Pope Leo XIV has named a successor to an embattled archbishop two weeks after the archdiocese agreed to a $230 million settlement for survivors of clergy sexual abuse.
The Vatican told bishops around the world they should report cases of clergy sex crimes to police even when not legally bound to do so.
Two men who testified an Anglican priest sexually abused them in Fresno are now suing the priest and the Anglican church.
"We are innocent until we are proven guilty, and I think they went out of their way to do a really thorough job of investigating," says Bakersfield Parishioner Mike Lapham.
The Fresno County DA's office announced they will not file a sex abuse case against Monsignor Craig Harrison, despite a police report filed by a man in Firebaugh deemed credible by their investigators.
A new state law has paved the way for a lawsuit against the Catholic Diocese of Fresno.