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After a meeting at the Vatican in October last year, Pope Leo XIV and a network for victims of clergy sexual abuse and continue to build collaboration through conversations with the Vatican’s safeguarding commission. The pope “is interested in dialogue and in seeing what can be done in his new role. I think the fact that he received us was a sign of trust on his part, because in the past the relationship between survivors’ groups and the Vatican has not been easy, so we took

The toxic reality of survivors having to plead their cases before the same celibate men who make, interpret and enforce Church law creates a system of silence and complicity. On March 4, 2026, while the world was still reeling from the final disclosures of the Epstein files, another shocking document was released in the US – the Rhode Island Attorney General’s 284-page report. This Report was a state-directed exposure of what had once been a closely guarded religious secret.

March 2, 2026 We have learned today that the Court of Appeals, Div. 1, has affirmed the right of the Attorney General of the State of Washington to subpoena the records of the Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle relating to the clergy sexual abuse scandal. This decision represents a great victory for survivors and members of the Catholic Church. For years, Heal Our Church has requested the Archdiocese to make the files available for independent review. It is only through the pr

TOWN HALL WITH MASSIMO FAGGIOLI WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. RECORDING OF THE MEETING AND REPORT https://www.healourchurch.org/11-2025-faggioli-recording INVITATION TO THE TOWN HALL https://www.healourchurch.org/announcement-of-11-2025-faggioli-forum

HOC ASKS ARCHBISHOP, AS A VOTING DELEGATE, TO FAITHFULLY REPRESENT ALL VIEWPOINTS ​ ​ Attachment: HOC Community Forum Report ​ ​ ​ Archbishop's Response ​ As a voting member of the Synod, the Archbishop curiously declares, "the global synod is not a time for advocacy or agendas ..."