UPDATED: After 20 months of work, an independent task force weighs in on how the Diocese of Springfield should improve its handling of clergy sexual abuse allegations. 

SPRINGFIELD — After more than a year of work, a group has recommendations ready for the Springfield diocese on how it can improve its handling…

The former altar boy who accused a legendary bishop of rape — an account deemed “unequivocally credible” by a retired judge last summer — want…

With humor and gratitude, the Most Rev. William Byrne was installed Monday as the 10th bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield.

Western Massachusetts Catholics have a new spiritual leader committed to Catholic education, open about priest sex abuse cases and eager to re…