Canon lawyer and charter member of the National Review Board Nicholas Cafardi talks about the importance of advisory boards and lay consultation. [Read more...
Sex abuse
Am I to judge a mentor and friend only by his greatest sin? A death in the family is often an occasion of mixed emotions—sadness and gratitude, maybe even a...
An attorney and charter member of the National Review Board sizes up the U.S. church’s progress on sex abuse over the last 10 years. [Read more from Nicholas...
Panels reviewing sex abuse allegations help dioceses get their houses in order, but they are only as effective as the information the bishops give them. Jim...
A progress report from U.S. Catholic readers says that bishops still haven’t learned all their lessons on the subject of sexual abuse. Anger. Betrayal. Sadness...
Catholic colleges are learning the right way to answer when a victim of sexual assault calls for help. Student Elizabeth “Lizzy” Seeberg committed suicide on...
The biggest question in the sex abuse crisis is why some bishops still have their jobs. It could have come out of any newspaper’s police blotter: Adult male...
Despite the steps taken to protect children in recent years, Justice Anne Burke says that recent development suggest little has changed for the hierarchy. Just...
For more than a decade, stories in the media have highlighted the problem of clergy sexual abuse of minors. Much of the recent focus has been on Europe, though...
The sex abuse crisis should teach us that it takes more than a seminary to raise a priest. In the spring of my first year of college, I wrote my bishop and...
