Top priority: Clergy sex abuse crisis
The U.S. bishops undertook various matters during their 2019 spring assembly in Baltimore that weren’t related to the clergy sexual abuse crisis, but they said the scandal had to be…
U.S. bishops address clergy sex abuse
The president of the U.S. bishops’ conference opens the bishops’ spring assembly in Baltimore by vowing to adopt procedures that would tackle the clerical sexual abuse scandals.
Sex abuse survivors lobby bishops
Members of clergy sex abuse survivor groups stood out in front of the Baltimore hotel where the U.S. bishops were holding their spring assembly and called on them to adopt…
Bishops’ mission to restore trust
Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston compared the early church missions of Barnabas and Paul to the modern-era mission of restoring trust following the clerical sexual abuse crisis in his…
Reporting set up for bishop sex abuse
The U.S. bishops overwhelmingly approved the establishment of a national third-party reporting hotline for when bishops are accused of sexual abuse.
Bishop talks sex abuse impact and hope
Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron of Los Angeles expresses concern over the impact of the clergy sexual abuse crisis on Catholics during the U.S. bishops’ spring assembly in Baltimore, but…