Cardinal O’Malley Defends Independence of the Vatican’s Safeguarding Commission
Boston Cardinal Seán O’Malley is president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
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Pope Francis Asks for Annual Report on Church’s Efforts to Prevent Abuse
In an audience at the Vatican on April 29, the Pope called on commission to produce annual audit to promote ‘transparency and accountability.’ In his speech, Francis underlined that ‘abuse in any form is unacceptable.’
Pope Francis Invokes Abraham Lincoln in Message to Safeguarding Summit
The Holy Father urged leaders to put the welfare of victims ahead of seeking to defend the Church’s reputation.
Pope Francis Names New Secretary of Vatican Safeguarding Commission
Pope Francis has appointed Father Andrew Small to be the secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
Vatican Responds to Bishops’ Call to Amend Church Law on Crimes Against Minors
In the report, published on Nov. 10, 2020, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) urged the bishops to “request that the Holy See redraft the canonical crimes relating to child sexual abuse as crimes against the child.”
Boy Scouts of America Struck With Wave of Sex-Abuse Allegations
Catholic leaders reflect on Church’s progress in light of organization’s allegations.
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.
Cardinal DiNardo Says ‘Much Progress Still Needed’ as Child-Protection Report Released
Annual report was released May 31 by the USCCB’s Secretariat for Child and Youth Protection.
After the Vatican Abuse Summit, What Comes Next?
COMMENTARY: In the wake of the Boston scandal of nearly 20 years ago, we learned that the laity and Church leadership can work together to achieve reform. Today, we have a chance to prove this once again.
Abuse Summit Follow-Up to Include New Child-Protection Law for Vatican
Pope Francis will soon issue a motu proprio ‘on the protection of minors and vulnerable persons.’
