Abuse in the News 8/10

Jun 12, 2022

Abuse in the Church and the Road to Jericho

It wasn't the robbers Jesus castigated in the Parable of the Good Samaritan. It was the religious leaders.

May 23, 2022

Fordham conference on abuse highlights ways the church can foster healthier culture of sexuality

Pope Francis summoned the heads of bishops' conferences in 130 countries for a summit on the protection of children.

May 16, 2022

‘All the hurt and the rage’: Elders recall trauma of Native boarding schools

Deborah Parker, CEO of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition and a Tulalip citizen

May 5, 2022

This Is the Southern Baptist Apocalypse

Apr 29, 2022

Archdiocese of Seattle settles 2 sex abuse claims for $375K

...settle two separate claims of sexual abuse in the 1970s and 1980s. By The Associated Press The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The...

Apr 15, 2022

'We were totally ignored': Attorney for abuse survivor speaks out on lawsuit

Robert McWilliams pleaded guilty to sexually abusing multiple teen boys as well as possession of child pornography. He later died by suicide

Apr 7, 2022

The church needs to name and confront 'clerical fragility'

Last week two major U.S. Catholic universities hosted conferences that engaged ongoing historical and theological research on clergy sexual

Apr 1, 2022

Memorial for the children whose remains were discovered near the Kamloops Indian Residential School

‘I Feel Shame’: Pope Apologizes to Indigenous People of Canada.'

Mar 29, 2022

Former Catholic bishop admits covering up sexual abuse allegations

Howard Hubbard made admission during a deposition last year as part of a response to dozens of claims filed in New York

Mar 29, 2022

National Child Abuse Prevention

The 2021/2022 Prevention Resource Guide is designed to help services providers and organizations community, to strengthen families.

Mar 18, 2022

The Institutionalist

Pope Benedict and Munich’s sex-abuse crisis

Mar 2, 2022

Opinion: In clergy abuse scandals, the Catholic Church still hasn’t reckoned with what it allowed

It appears that over the course of decades, practically every higher-up in the institution knew, or should have known, what was going on.

Feb 16, 2022

Pressure on Italian Catholic church to face child sexual abuse reckoning

Unofficial estimates say country may have highest number of victims of paedophile priests in world

Feb 7, 2022

Hundreds of Reports of Abuse by Priests

The complaints, going back seven decades, attest to the pervasiveness of sexual and other abuse are part of a worldwide reckoning.

Feb 2, 2022

Unravelling the global scandal of clergy sex abuse

The Munich report, 20 years after the "Boston Globe" put the spotlight on sexual abuse and its cover-up in the Catholic Church

Jan 31, 2022

What now for senior clergy who covered up abuse?

Ratzinger's handling of claims of abuse during his administration are matters under scrutiny.

Jan 20, 2022

Survivor advocacy group delivers Catholic Church whistleblower documents

"thousands of pages" of documents given to the Wisconson AG related to the cover up of abuse by leaders of the Catholic Church .

Jan 4, 2022

We need a national database of accused clergy

Pursuing the truth to honestly respond to the queries of survivors and their families became a baseline for authentic pastoral response.

Dec 30, 2021

Where Is the Forgiveness and Grace in Cancel Culture?

The unmerited forgiveness was a powerful gesture in a process known as restorative justice.

Dec 23, 2021

Defrocked Priest Sentenced to 12 Yrs on Youth Sex Abuse Charges

More than a dozen females came forward with abuse claims, but only nine were registered in the case due to legal technicalities.