Bishops Accountability Archives

At one-year mark, McCarrick saga remains a story of lights and shadows

News Analysis
Jun 20, 2019

At the one year mark, the saga of Theodore McCarrick is a mix of undeniable progress and unfinished business.

Sights and sounds from ‘Super Bowl week’ in Rome

February abuse summit
Feb 20, 2019

A collection of some of the voices and events in and around Pope Francis’s anti-abuse summit opening on Thursday.

February anti-abuse summit to include survivor testimonies

Vatican
Jan 16, 2019

Last week the organizing committee of a high-stakes anti-abuse summit next month met to outline the schedule of the gathering, which will include both a penitential liturgy, and testimonies from survivors themselves.

Details published on Vatican delaying USCCB vote on abuse provisions

Catholic News Service, Vatican
Jan 1, 2019

The Associated Press reported Jan. 1 that it obtained a letter written Nov. 11 by Cardinal Ouellet asking the U.S. bishops to delay a vote on several proposals for responding to the sexual abuse crisis.

Experts question whether US bishops really need a new code of conduct

Vatican
Dec 3, 2018

In the ongoing effort to tackle clerical sexual abuse, one of the proposals discussed by the U.S. bishops in their fall general assembly was the drafting of a new code of conduct for bishops, which would specifically address the issue of accountability.

In Facebook Live event, U.S. bishops field range of questions from public

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Nov 18, 2018

Three U.S. bishops answered questions from the public through a Facebook Live session at the conclusion of the second full day of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ fall general assembly in Baltimore.