How does an appointee in the Bill Clinton administration end up as a regular face of Fox News? It’s complicated. And what does a woman who has worked for decades in both politics and the media have to say about today’s sexual assault and harassment reckoning? A lot. This week we talk with Kirsten Powers, […]
Sexual Abuse
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Australia’s child sex abuse commission attacks Catholic celibacy, seal of confession
“We have concluded that there were catastrophic failures of leadership of Catholic Church authorities over many decades,” the report said.
Posted inFaith, Politics & Society
How #ChurchToo empowers victims of sexual abuse in religious spaces to share their stories
#ChurchToo is a space for victims of sexual harassment and abuse in religious spaces to share their stories.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
What does Catholic social teaching tell us about sexual harassment?
Three reasons why sexual harassment violates Catholic social teaching
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Responding to sexual abuse will take years—and it should
If the tragic revelations of the Catholic Church’s sex abuse crisis are any guide, the process of reckoning with problems that have been avoided for decades will itself take decades.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Vatican investigating abuse at pre-seminary
The Vatican announced it had launched a new investigation into reports about sexual abuse in a pre-seminary for young adolescents run by the Diocese of Como, Italy, but located inside the Vatican.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The fight against human trafficking is not just a numbers game
Working on the frontline to help exploited women requires patience and the sensitivity to move at someone else’s speed.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Louis C.K. has confessed. Now it’s time for contrition.
It is too late for Louis C.K. to be the model of male feminism. It is not too late for him to be a model of contrition.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Weinstein case reveals the limits of legal action for sexual abuses in the workplace
Except for crimes committed on federal land, state law governs what constitutes a sex crime, and the definitions vary.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Chicago archdiocese wins claim against false sex abuse allegations
Church officials in Chicago say that revelations regarding other fraudulent cases could be forthcoming, a prospect that both the archdiocese and victim advocates say will be a disservice to genuine victims.