Hans Zollner, S.J., a member on the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, shares his hopes for the church as a crisis that never ceases to shock and sorrow continues.
Sexual Abuse
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Little Rock Diocese makes list of credible abuse allegations public
The Diocese of Little Rock released a list of clergy who had assignments in Arkansas and against whom credible allegations of sexual abuse of a minor were filed.
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Resignations, Rome meetings and investigations: A week of major developments in the sexual abuse crisis
Cardinal Wuerl seeks to resign, the pope announces a global summit, New York’s attorney general opens new investigations and other developments in the sexual abuse crisis.
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Indiana bishop cleared of misconduct, district attorney says claim has harmed prelate
The Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend welcomed findings by a Pennsylvania district attorney that cleared Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of wrongdoing after an allegation of misconduct was made against him.
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Kurtz: U.S. society ‘much richer’ when church, government work together
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee for Religious Liberty told a Washington audience Sept. 12 he is concerned about a “steady movement” in the U.S. away from religious institutions and an erosion in the view that religious liberty must be valued.
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By pressing Pope Francis to accept his resignation, Cardinal Wuerl does the right thing
Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C., has done the right thing.
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It is time for Archbishop Viganò to meet the press
Since dropping his bombshell letter, the archbishop has gone into hiding, making intermittent statements to those news outlets who share his opposition to Francis.
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Pope Francis: ‘Elitist, clericalist’ church allows abuse to thrive
Sexual and physical abuse by priests and religious and the scandal of its cover-up by church authorities thrive in countries where the Catholic Church is “elitist and clericalist,” Pope Francis told Jesuits in Ireland in August.
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U.S. bishops meet with Pope Francis, tell him sexual abuse has ‘lacerated’ the church
The leaders of the U.S. bishops’ conference said they shared with Pope Francis how the church in the United States has been “lacerated by the evil of sexual abuse.”
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Pope Francis accepts resignation of West Virginia bishop accused of sexually harassing adults
Bransfield had been implicated in 2012 in an infamous Philadelphia priestly sex abuse case.