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Former papal advisor on abuse reacts to Wuerl’s statement on McCarrick scandal

Aug 7, 2018

A former member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors has said that proposals made by Cardinal Donald Wuerl in the wake of the Theodore McCarrick scandal do not go far enough.

By Ed Condon

How Pope Francis could get back into the game on sex abuse reform

Jul 25, 2018

It is hard for the pope to distance himself from the string of sexual abuse scandals affecting high-ranking clerics. He needs to take drastic action if he is to salvage the Church’s reputation on sex abuse.

By Charles Collins

Abuse survivor praises papal panel for hearing victims’ ‘pain and anger’

Apr 25, 2018

A Canadian victim of clerical sexual abuse who describes herself as a “prayer warrior and encourager” for reform says a recent meeting with Pope Francis’s main anti-abuse panel “provided a lot of closure” for victims and praised the group for listening to them, many of whom, she said, experience a great deal of “pain and anger.”

By Inés San Martín

Youth want bishops to face sex abuse, women in the Church

Mar 25, 2018

Some 300 young people gathered in Rome to provide input for October’s Synod of Bishops want the Church to face its sexual abuse scandals and the role of women in the Church.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Member of Pope’s anti-abuse panel insists, ‘The Church is not failing’

Feb 23, 2018

Teresa Kettelkamp, a former staffer for the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors and now a full member, says of the anti-abuse fight, “The Church is not failing on this issue, the Church is aggressively addressing it … People who want things to change faster are not realistic about how things change.”

By John L. Allen Jr. and Ines San Martin

Former papal adviser says Francis needs to make sex abuse a priority

Feb 22, 2018

“Pope Francis must make the protection of children a priority now,” said former member of the pontifical commission for the protection of minors and child psychiatrist Catherine Bonnet.

By Claire Giangravè