Archdiocese of Mobile Catholic Schools Close Immediately Amid Coronavirus Concerns
All Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Mobile closed at 3 p.m. on Monday, March 16, 2020, and will remain shuttered until at least April 3 in response to the…
Downtown Mobile Senior Housing Complex Cathedral Place Sold to Tennessee Developer
The Archdiocese of Mobile has sold Cathedral Place, a downtown senior housing complex on Conti Street, to a Tennessee-based developer that plans to keep it running as low-income housing for…
Mobile DA Ashley Rich urges victims of clergy abuse to come forward
Mobile County District Attorney Ashley Rich is urging victims of priest and clergy abuse to come forward so her office can pursue prosecution, a call that came days after the…
SNAP: Archdiocese of Mobile’s list of 29 accused priests is ‘only a first step’
MOBILE, Ala. — SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, says the release of a list of 29 priests accused of sexual misconduct with minors by the Archdiocese…
Archdiocese of Mobile Releases List of 28 Clergy, Religious Workers Credibly Accused of Child Sex Abuse
The Archdiocese of Mobile has named 28 former priests, a deacon and religious brothers found to have been credibly accused of sexually abusing children since the 1950s, sharing the list…
Archdiocese of Mobile to Publish Names of Clergy Removed Over Abuse Accusations
Archbishop Thomas Rodi says the Archdiocese of Mobile will release the names of clergy removed from ministry over abuse accusations dating back to 1950, part of a wider push for…
Archdiocese to Close Historic St. Joseph Parish in Downtown Mobile
The Archdiocese of Mobile will close St. Joseph Catholic Church, a downtown parish dating to 1857, in January 2018, folding its members into the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception amid…
Bayou La Batre Sets Its Sights on a Comeback Blessing of the Fleet
After hard years marked by the Gulf oil spill, organizers of Bayou La Batre's 62nd annual Blessing of the Fleet aimed to make the day a family celebration and a…