clergy sexual abuse crisis

The priest was appointed March 3, 2023, as consultant to the Diocese of Rome’s newly established office dedicated to the protection of minors and vulnerable persons.

As the nation begins to emerge from the pandemic, there are lingering questions about lessons learned and what the path forward should be.

The clergy sexual abuse crisis continued to command a large amount of attention and action from the U.S. bishops throughout 2019.

Reacting to the scandal of clergy sex abuse and cover-up 17 years ago, eight bishops offered a bold proposal.

Retired Judge Elizabeth Hayden was recently appointed to a national board to review and strengthen sexual abuse policies and procedures.

Two archbishops returning to their dioceses after receiving their palliums feel the impact of clerical sexual abuse on the people of their dioceses and said survivors are the members of their flocks most in need of care.

Recalling “there were some expressions of ‘dissent'” by some U.S. bishops when the bishops met last November over the Vatican’s request that they postpone voting on agenda items related to the reemergent clergy sexual abuse crisis, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the Vatican’s nuncio to the United States, reminded them that “unity prevails over conflict.”

A panel of researchers and presenters report on the scope and causes of abuse by clergy at a symposium titled “Reckoning and Reform: New Horizons on the Clergy Abuse Crisis” at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus in New York City March 26.