Peter Steinfels Archives

A can’t-miss moment on the abuse crisis looms under the Golden Dome

News Analysis
Sep 8, 2019

An important Notre Dame series on the clerical abuse scandals kicks off Wednesday, Sept. 25, with a panel titled “The Church Crisis: Where Are We Now?”, to be held on the ND campus and livestreamed on the university web site as well as on Crux.

Journalist tells of look into abuse report, what lies ahead for Church

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
May 12, 2019

The clergy sex abuse crisis that engulfed the U.S. Church — and has since spread globally — requires understanding it as context for what is happening in the Church and society, according to journalist Peter Steinfels.

Speakers address role of laity as Church moves forward from abuse scandal

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Apr 27, 2019

In introductory remarks during a conference examining the laity’s role in helping the Church move forward from the clergy abuse crisis, a speaker pointed out that what has happened impacts, and continues to affect, the whole Church.

Put needs of survivors first, not strictly the law, panelists urge Church

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Apr 10, 2019

Amid the legal wrangling surrounding the long-standing clergy sexual abuse crisis, Barbara Thorp, a social worker who formerly led the Archdiocese of Boston’s office that supports and cares for abuse survivors, wants Catholic leaders to know that healing among survivors is a far more important path to pursue.

State AGs double down on objections to Church’s handling of sex abuse

Church in the US
Feb 6, 2019

Attorney Generals Josh Shapiro and Attorney General Lisa Madigan defended their efforts to look into the clerical sex abuse scandals.

Steinfels: Grand jury report needed thorough review, which no one had done

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jan 29, 2019

Upon first hearing in August of the findings of a Pennsylvania grand jury about how Catholic clergy abused children and young people, veteran journalist Peter Steinfels was, like a lot of people — shocked and appalled.