Supporters of the petition drive had expressed outrage at a 79 percent raise for Koch — to $258,000 from $159,000, including a travel stipend.

The crisis in the Catholic church will only heal when everyone acknowledges the institutional cancer that metastasized. Mayor Koch will never understand that!

Teachers and group for survivors of abuser priests are calling for Quincy Mayor Tom Koch to apologize for comments about child sexual abuse.

Quincy's school board, residents, attorney Mitchell Garabedian condemn Koch's comments on church child sex abuse. Koch defends views with statistics.

Survivors of clergy sexual abuse and advocates gathered outside City Hall in Quincy to denounce controversial comments made by Mayor Tom Koch.

Quincy Mayor Tom Koch has faced widespread criticism over his comments on the Catholic Church's clergy sex abuse scandal.

At Quincy City Hall on Friday, a group of survivors and advocates turned out to protest Mayor Thomas Koch over his recent public statements about the Catholic Church sex scandal.

A petition to put Quincy Mayor Tom Koch's 79% pay raise on the November ballot fell short of the required signatures. Organizers submitted over 7,100 signatures, but the city clerk certified only ...

When Dan Rea of WBZ News Radio criticized the Catholic church over its response to the abuse crisis, Mayor Thomas Koch said: “That was mostly homosexual issues, not pedophilia.” ...

A ballot initiative to roll back a 79% pay raise for Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch won't make it to the November ballot, according to the effort's organizers. Koch, the seven-term mayor, is set to earn ...

Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch said in a radio interview that the clergy sex abuse scandal "was mostly homosexual issues, not pedophilia." ...

The City Council last year approved a pay raise that would put Mayor Thomas Koch's salary above the mayors of Boston and New York City. That sparked a movement that had its first big win this week — a ...