A letter about former Bishop Thomas J. O’Brien distributed over the weekend at a Tempe Catholic parish was "judgmental" and "saddened" a diocese official who said he received calls from surprised, upset parishioners.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix now almost routinely puts me way up in the balcony when I cover special ticketed events at Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral in Phoenix, even when they know, in advance, I am coming.

A suspended Catholic priest who founded a Gilbert parish has apologized for allowing an Anglican priest to participate in a wedding Mass and will take early retirement.

A suspended Catholic priest who founded a Gilbert parish has apologized for allowing an Anglican priest to participate in a wedding Mass and will take early retirement.

A Mesa jury convicted an Indiana priest Thursday of molesting young boys while he worked at West Valley parishes from 1986 to 1991.

Arizona doesn’t meet Ireland’s standards of justice, say lawyers fighting the extradition of a former Scottsdale priest who stands accused of molesting an altar boy.

A popular Mesa priest, on leave while church officials investigate claims of sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old boy, announced Saturday he is resigning in order to protect his parishioners from the "ordeal."

A grand jury has indicted two priests on charges they stole $160,000 from the Holy Cross Parish in Mesa.

December 23, 2004

A Valley man who says he’s retrieved repressed memories of sexual abuse by Mesa priests and a youth minister filed a lawsuit Thursday filled with sweeping accusations against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix.

Mesa priest convicted of giving a teenager sexually motivated massages will ride a wave of support into court Friday for his sentencing.

January 24, 2005

January 28, 2005

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix has requested a criminal investigation of a longtime East Valley priest after an internal audit revealed a "significant amount of money" might be missing from a 2 1 /2-year-old parish.

December 1, 2004

A Gilbert Catholic priest, the Rev. John "Jack" Cunningham, founding pastor of two East Valley parishes, was suspended Wednesday afternoon pending further investigation for allegedly concelebrating a Eucharistic Mass with a non-Catholic clergyman.

About 400 people turned out Monday night for a meeting called by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix to explain why a popular Gilbert priest was suspended on accusations he broke church law.

Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted said Friday that church officials know of 73 victims of sexual abuse at the hands of 19 priests in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix dating back decades, a trend borne out in a study that found thousands of such claims nationally since 1950.

Word that Bishop Thomas Olmsted has ordered nine priests, including five from the East Valley, to remove their names from a clergy statement calling for acceptance of homosexuals in religious and community life drew mixed reactions from Valley Catholics on Wednesday.

A group supporting survivors of sexual abuse by priests urged Archbishop Michael Sheehan on Thursday to take specific actions "to bind the wounds of victims, our loved ones and our parishes."