Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention have called the reports by two Texas newspapers of hundreds of sex abuse cases in affiliated churches evidence of “pure evil” and “satanic” behavior within their ranks.

"We need to address prevention by helping children to learn simultaneously -- how do you keep yourself safe from others while learning to manage yourself?"

A tragic, but consistent, finding in research on prostitution is the frequent correlation between childhood sexual assault and exploitation in the commercial sex trade.

Hopes are high (perhaps too high) that the summit will bring about significant and lasting change.

The largest association of religious sisters in the United States called Thursday for an overhaul of the male-led leadership structure of the Catholic Church.

The idea of mounting an exhibition that takes on the crisis of abuse seems both essential for the Catholic community right now and near impossible to render palatable.. Trina McKillen's "Confess" is now on view at L.M.U.’s Laband Art Gallery.