Revictimizing the Victims of Sexual Abuse
COMMENTARY: Bishops and dioceses must answer the phone calls of victims, meet with them, hear their stories and empathize with them. That is not too much to ask.
Results from Tag: 'abuse victims'
Buffalo Administrator: Catholic Charities Donations Will Not Go to Abuse Settlements
Buffalo's Bishop Richard Malone resigned in December 2019 after more than a year of calls for his resignation, amid accusations that he mishandled abuse cases in the diocese.
London Prays: A Spiritual Response to the Abuse Crisis
A day of prayer, a healing ministry and a public act of atonement respond to deep wounds.
Depositions Reveal Minnesota Bishop Kept Admitted Child Abuser in Ministry
The depositions were released by attorney Jeff Anderson as part of a settlement agreement for the Diocese of Crookston.
SDG Reviews ‘By the Grace of God’
Three adult survivors of clerical sexual abuse in childhood band together to confront Church authorities and face their trauma in this emotionally persuasive fact-based French drama.
Colorado Dioceses Announce Independent Reparations Program for Abuse Victims
The program will be available to all victims of abuse by diocesan clergy in the dioceses of Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo who were minors at the time when the abuse occurred.
Cardinal Pell’s Groundbreaking Record on Dealing With Clergy Sexual Abuse
COMMENTARY: Whatever the outcome of his appeal against his own conviction, historically he pioneered many reforms now in effect in how bishops address this issue.
A Sex-Abuse Story Catholics Need to Hear
COMMENTARY: Healing the crippling wounds abused people suffer.
Bishop Barron to a Suffering Church: The Church’s Reformation Depends on You Becoming a Saint
The Los Angeles auxiliary bishops discusses his new book on the sex-abuse scandal, Letter to a Suffering Church, with the Register.
Clergy Sex-Abuse Victims and Perpetrators Have Changed Since 2000
COMMENTARY: Part II — The Ruth Institute report ‘Receding Waves: Child Sexual Abuse and Homosexual Priests Since 2000,’ finds surprising changes in both the victims and the perpetrators of clerical sexual abuse.
