Current Issues:
Focus on -- The Church in Crisis
Interviews
Bishop Wilton Gregory discusses sex abuse crisis in Catholic Church
Fathers Donald Cozzens and Stephen Rossetti Discuss Sex Abuse Scandal in Catholic Church
Books
Hedges-Goettl, Len, Sexual Abuse: Pastoral Responses, edited by Daniel G. Bagby, Abingdon Press, Nashville, TN, pp.118
Trower, Philip, Turmoil and Truth: The Historical Roots of the Modern Crisis in the Catholic Church, Ignatius Press, San Francisco, pp.207
Statistics
Researchers say priests concerned about gay subcultures in seminaries, By Jerry Filteau, Catholic News Service
The Long Awaited Study on the Fallout of the Sexual Abuse Scandals, Four percent of priests serving over last 50 years accused of abuse, by Agostino Bono, Catholic News Service
From the Hoge-Wenger Study, Is there a homosexual subculture in your diocese or religious institute?
Statistics to Ponder on Abuse Cases of Priests Between 1950 and 2002, By Agostino Bono, Catholic News Service
Articles
Thoughts of Priests on Pedophilia, From the book: Grace Under Pressure: What Gives Life to American Priests, NCEA, Washington, D.C.
50 Years -- Caution, Sexual Abuse – a Never Ending Problem/Sickness/Sin?, by Michael Swan, Catholic News Service
For Priests: Celibacy is not the Problem, Andrew Greeley, from the New York Times
Experts' Report at Vatican Faults Sex Abuse Policy in U.S., By Frank Bruni, Published: February 24, 2004, New York Times
Sex abuse audit report and national recommendations, by Jerry Filteau, Catholic News Service
The Cost of Sexual Abuse to the Church since 1950
Catholic Leadership Is Looking to Past, Not to Change, as Response to Scandal, By Laurie Goodstein, from the New York Times
Is the Sex Abuse Crisis in the Church Curtailing Contributions?
Scandal Is Stirring Lay Catholics to Push Church for More Power,
By Laurie Goodstein and Sam Dillon
Catholic Bishops Unveil New Policy on Accusations of Abuse, By Laurie Goodstein, In the New York Times
Revised Policy Sets Tribunals for Priests Accused of Abuse, By Laurie Goodstein, as seen in the New York Times
The Vatican courts a schism, The Chicago Tribune, October 28, 2002
In Rejecting Sex-Abuse Policy, Rome Rejects Erosion of Authority, by Frank Bruni
Out of ‘Zero Tolerance,' New Support for Priests, By Alan Cooperman, Washington Post
The Question of Gays in the Seminary, from the Washington Post
Zero Tolerance? -- Taking Another Look, Gerald D. Coleman, S.S., Taken from Commonweal
The Bishop, The Scandal And His Plan, Gregory's '94 Experience Shapes Centrist Response, By Alan Cooperman, Washington Post Staff Writer
Media frenzy over abuse said to expose flaws in several institutions, By Michelle Martin, Catholic News Service
Pope Instructs Bishops Not to Ordain Those with Emotional Disorders, Says Celibacy Is Not Extrinsic to Priesthood
Bishops' sexual abuse committee expanded, By Jerry Filteau, Catholic News Service
Priests Concerned About False Accusations Speak Up, From the New York Times
Bishops Move Cautiously, From New York Times
Major ad campaign urging prayer, support for priests now appearing in national newspapers, magazines
Improving Pastoral Care and Accountability, In Response to the Tragedy of Sexual Abuse, Conference of Major Superiors of Men, Annual Assembly, Philadelphia, PA, August 10, 2002
Priests' Meeting Marks First Public Dissent Over Sex Abuse Policy, Resistance a Troubling Sign for Victims Groups, by Hanna Rosin and Alan Cooperman, in The Washington Post
Bishops' Policy on Abuse Questioned, Religious Order Leaders Voice Doubts but Will Obey, By Hanna Rosin, in the Washington Post
Eight bishops propose new plenary council of U.S. church, By Jerry Filteau, Catholic News Service
Dismissed priests have appeal option, but process remains unclear, By Christine Alexander, Catholic News Service
New Board on Sex Abuse Cases Asserts Its Authority, By Jerry Filteau, Catholic News Service
Bishops Select Lay Board on Sexual Abuse Review, By Laurie Goodstein, From the New York Times
Karl Rahner on What It Means To Be A Priest Today, Part II
Ways To Cope with the Recent Sex Abuse Scandals in the Church by Gene Hemrick -- thoughts, suggestions, quotes and web sites for reflection and contemplation
Catholic Orders Might Keep Abusive Priests, By Laurie Goodstein of the New York Times
'Betrayal': Covering the Church Crisis, By R. Scott Appleby, New York Times Book Review
Pedophila not just a clergy problem, police expert says, By Rachel Richmond,
Catholic News Service
Catholic Clout is Eroded by Scandals, By Michael Powell
Bishops Face Obstacles to Tough Policy, By Alan Cooperman, Washington Post Staff Writer, Thursday, July 4, 2002
Legal Defense, by Mark A. Sargent, from Commonweal
Catholic bishops dissatisfied with national policies adopted to address child sexual abuse by clergy
At the bishops meeting in Dallas, the official discussion will be about the sex abuse scandal only. All other topics have been taken off the agenda. Commentator Gustav Niebuhr isn't surprised.
BC is leading the way on church reform, By Scot Lehigh, the Boston Globe
Humility and responsibility: Bishops can't exempt themselves from tough line applied to priests, by Raymond A. Schroth, Boston Globe, Sunday, June 23, 2002
Bishops start dealing with new rules on sex-abusing priests, by Jerry Filteau, Catholic News Service
In Hindsight, What Might Have Been Done, By Peter Steinfels
Church's critics gain from keeping scandal alive, by Joe Fitzgerald, Wednesday, June 19, 2002, Boston Globe
Crisis In The Church, Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Talk Given in Montreal, May 25, 2002
Bishop Wilton Gregory discusses sex abuse crisis in Catholic Church
Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People
Fathers Donald Cozzens and Stephen Rossetti Discuss Sex Abuse Scandal in Catholic Church
The Church at Risk, Remarks to the USCCB, Scott Appleby, University of Notre Dame, June 13, 2002, Dallas, Texas
The Present Crisis through the Lens of the Laity, Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, Commonweal Magazine, June 13, 2002, Dallas, Texas
Can the Church Survive? -- William Buckley Jr.
The Law Regarding Sex Abuse in the Church, from the Catholic News Service
Vatican Summit Concludes -- "Final Communique" Released as Vatican-U.S. Summit on Clergy Sex Abuse Ends
Scandals in the Church: The Los Angeles Cardinal, 50 Years Later, a Navigator on Rough Terrain, by Rick Lyman
Father Andrew Greeley discusses the pedophile problems in the Catholic Church
A Standard Society Expects Priests to Live By -- By Father Eugene Hemrick, in the Catholic News Service
A Pastor Shares His Heartfelt Feelings on the Recent Scandals
The Media and the Scandal By Tom Rowan from The Catholic Standard
The Catholic Church and Child Sexual Abuse -- by Father Stephen J. Rossetti, President of St. Luke Institute in Silver Spring, Maryland
A Battered, Yet Cherished Church -- From Michael Sneed's column of last Tuesday in the Chicago Sun-Times -- words of Carlo Carretto. She reprinted it from Winnetka's Sacred Heart Church bulletin
Psychological Treatment of Priest Sex Offenders by Curtis Bryant
Numbers by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick
Casualties in the Pursuit of Holiness
In These "Sad Days," U.S. Needs Holy Priests, Says Archbishop Foley
Seminarians' Reactions to Sex Abuse by Clergy
Letter from the Holy Father to Priests for Holy Thursday 2002
Addressing Pedophilia by Myles N. Sheehan, S.J.
"The Myth of the Pedophile Priest", A Researcher Puts Scandals in Context, by Philip Jenkins
Confessions of a Fallen Priest
Good Catholics, Good Priests — and Married
Protecting Against Child Sexual Abuse
A Damaged Church in Need of Repair
Sound Suggestions for the Church at This Time
A Brief History of the Official Catholic Response on Clergy Sex Abuse
For the Faithful, Trying to Reconcile Morality and Scandal
Important for faithful to talk about sex abuse
The Myth of the Pedophile Priest by Philip Jenkins
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