I started reading the most recent John Jay College Report on Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests which was presented to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.  I was immediately reminded of the Mark Twain quote about using statistics to prove a...

I have met Sister Maureen on several occasions. If you ask me, what the Church needs are more nuns like her. She has been active in the successful effort to change the Statute of Limitations for Child Sex Abuse in Delaware which also resulted in "window...

SNAP Responds to USCCB Report Statement by Joelle Casteix of Newport Beach CA, western regional director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (949 322 7434, jcasteix@gmail.com) Little in this document is really new. Not surprisingly, it confirms...

Ana Maria Catanzaro, the chair of the Philadelphia Archdiocese Sexual Abuse Review Board, wrote a candid article in Commonweal Magazine, a Catholic magazine, called "The Fog of Scandal" shedding some new light on what she sees are some fundamental problems especially...

In March, 2010 I received a call from an obviously distraught young man who was apparently standing in front of the Philadelphia Archdiocese's offices having been, once again, frustrated in his attempts to seek assistance and counseling that he desperately needed...

The New York Times (3/18, Yardley) reported on secret files kept by the Boy Scouts of America now revealed that lawyers for a victim of sex abuse say describe efforts by Boy Scout officials to conceal abuse in hundreds of cases. Lawyers for the Boy Scouts, however,...

The AP (5/3) reported on how a great deal of the controversy surrounding the Catholic Church's response to clergy sexual abuse has been its seeming reluctance to kick out priests who are convicted or confessed child molestors. However, church officials who are experts...