Sexual Abuse

A national garden proposed by survivors of clergy sexual abuse promises to foster healing, not only for survivors, but also for the Catholic Church as a whole in the nation’s capital.

In discussing the removal or transfer of a pastor, Canon 1752 reads, ” … prae oculis habita salute animarum, quae in Ecclesia suprema semper lex esse debet” — in English, ” … keeping in mind the salvation of souls, which must always be the supreme law of the Church.”

A multiyear investigation overseen by the Catholic Church into Archbishop John C. Nienstedt, who resigned from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, has ended with the Vatican finding he acted “imprudently” in several instances but not criminally under canon law.

An abuse survivor group has just chosen several patron saints as “heavenly friends” and guides on the journey to recovery. It had named as its patrons St. Charles Lwanga who was martyred for his faith.

The release of the Maryland Attorney General’s report on clergy sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore was a day of sorrow.

The Focolare movement has published its first report on cases of abuse received between 2014 and 2022.

The updated version of “Vos Estis Lux Mundi” (You are the light of the world), published March 25, expanded the categories of victims covered by the regulations to include vulnerable adults.

The pope spoke with the young adults, Spanish-speakers between the ages of 20 and 25, as part of a documentary titled “The Pope: Answers,” which is scheduled to premiere April 5 on the streaming services Disney+ and Hulu.