Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland

Published
August 24, 2023

Workshop focuses on Catholics’ personal participation in Mass
Published
August 14, 2023

Maine Catholic Diocese faces 6 more childhood sexual abuse claims

The newest complaints allege the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland knew about the abuse, which occurred between 1954 and 1988.
Published
August 9, 2023

Local students’ science experiment headed from Brunswick to stratosphere
Published
August 5, 2023

Maine Voices: The Gospel according to Bishop Robert Deeley

Deeley is leading Maine’s 200,000-plus Catholics in an all-out war to block victims and survivors of childhood sexual abuse from seeking reparations no matter when the abuse occurred.
Published
June 7, 2023

Registration open for summer Bible school and Totus Tuus

Published
May 11, 2023

Bishop Deeley announces seven priest assignments, two retirements

The current parochial vicar of All Saints Parish in Brunswick, the Rev. Patrick Agbodi, has been reassigned as the administrator of Corpus Christi Parish.
Published
May 9, 2023

Counselor for Maine diocese disciplined for ethics violations

Carolyn Bloom receives a monthly stipend from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland to coordinate counseling and treatment for those who say they were sexually abused by clergy as children.
Published
April 19, 2023

Tennessee hospital’s website drops name of former Maine priest working there as a chaplain

Anthony Cipolle, who has been a resident chaplain at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, was removed from the program's website this week after the Press Herald reported on a woman's allegation that he coerced her into a sexual relationship.
Published
April 19, 2023

Diocese hosts marriage preparation retreats in Brunswick and Augusta
Published
April 16, 2023

The priest broke his vows, she says. She’s breaking the silence.

Melissa Kearns says a Maine Catholic priest – newly ordained in 2017 – took advantage of her and abused her when she was vulnerable. She believes he could be a danger to others.