The damage from sexual abuse cannot be treated by simply punishing offenders, writes the psychologist and former military chaplain Edwin T. Collins. But the church can help survivors by adapting post traumatic stress disorder models.
Sexual Abuse
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Film accuses Polish church of continued sexual abuse cover-up
Archbishop Polak said the film showed required child protection standards were still not being observed in the Polish church.
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Postulator says he found no evidence St. John Paul covered up abuse
Msgr. Slawomir Oder, the postulator for the sainthood cause of Pope John Paul II, has said recently that he had found no evidence that the late pope ever covered up cases of sexual abuse scandals.
Posted inFaith, News
Inquiry: Pell knew of abuse by Australian pedophile priest
Cardinal Pell was formerly Pope Francis’ finance minister and at one time the third-highest ranking cleric in the Vatican.
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Cardinal Pell: Prayers, knowledge of innocence sustained me in prison
Cardinal George Pell, in his first television interview after being released from prison after his sexual abuse conviction was overturned, reflects on how he endured his incarceration.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Vatican responds with measure to Cardinal Pell’s acquittal and release from prison
“The Holy See, which has always expressed confidence in the Australian judicial authority, welcomes the High Court’s unanimous decision concerning Cardinal George Pell, acquitting him of the accusations of abuse of minors and overturning his sentence.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Australia’s high court overturns guilty verdict against Cardinal George Pell on final appeal
The High Court of Australia announced that in a unanimous 7-0 decision, they found that “the jury, acting rationally on the whole of the evidence, ought to have entertained a doubt as to the applicant’s guilt.”
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Australia’s highest court to judge Cardinal Pell’s abuse appeal
Australia’s highest court on Tuesday will judge Cardinal George Pell’s appeal against convictions for molesting two teenage choirboys more than two decades ago.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
To heal the church from the sex abuse crisis, we need apologies, not just policies
What if each and every priest acknowledged the pain and devastation this scandal has caused?
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Reporting system to record abuse complaints against bishops begins
A reporting system accepting sexual misconduct allegations against U.S. bishops and eparchs is in place.