There’s still a lot of confusion among Catholics about the sex abuse crisis. And with good reason.
Sexual Abuse
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Most Catholics have no idea who former Cardinal McCarrick is. That’s a problem.
Only 38% of Catholics surveyed had heard of McCarrick, according to a recent survey commissioned by America Media and conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate.
Posted inFaith, News
Ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick charged with sexually assaulting teen
Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy during a wedding reception in the 1970s, court records show.
Posted inFaith, News
Defrocked priest at the center of Chile’s sex abuse crisis dies
A Chilean priest defrocked by the pope in 2018 for having sexually abused minors has died at 90.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Lesson from Hungary: Anti-Catholicism is not a good response to anti-L.G.B.T.Q. laws
Some activists in Hungary have reacted to an anti-L.G.B.T.Q. law by calling for an investigation of the clergy sexual abuse crisis, writes Marc Roscoe Loustau. But turning the crisis into a political football may backfire.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Three years after the 2018 ‘summer of shame,’ what do American Catholics think about the sex abuse crisis?
America asked the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University to survey Catholics nationwide about their understanding of the sexual abuse crisis, its emotional impact and how it has affected their faith.
Posted inEditorials, Faith
Editorial: How you see the sexual abuse crisis
The Catholic Church still has a trust problem, as shown by the results of a comprehensive survey of U.S. Catholics commissioned by America Media.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Prosecutor seeks 6-year sentence for priest in Vatican youth seminary sex abuse trial
A Vatican prosecutor requested that Father Gabriele Martinelli, who is accused of sexually abusing a younger student at the St. Pius X Pre-Seminary, be sentenced to six years in prison if convicted.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Reporting on religion can be dark. But we need people on the God Beat more than ever.
The best essays in ‘The God Beat’ are quietly reflective, deeply informed, subjective but not solipsistic.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis appoints English Oblate, Father Andrew Small, secretary of child protection commission
Pope Francis has appointed Andrew Small, O.M.I., a 53-year-old English priest, as the secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.