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    ‘All the hurt and the rage’: Elders recall trauma of Native boarding schools
    • May 16

    ‘All the hurt and the rage’: Elders recall trauma of Native boarding schools

    Deborah Parker, CEO of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition and a Tulalip citizen
    Archdiocese of Seattle settles 2 sex abuse claims for $375K
    • Apr 29

    Archdiocese of Seattle settles 2 sex abuse claims for $375K

    ...settle two separate claims of sexual abuse in the 1970s and 1980s. By The Associated Press The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The...
    'We were totally ignored': Attorney for abuse survivor speaks out on lawsuit
    • Apr 15

    'We were totally ignored': Attorney for abuse survivor speaks out on lawsuit

    Robert McWilliams pleaded guilty to sexually abusing multiple teen boys as well as possession of child pornography. He later died by suicide
    The church needs to name and confront 'clerical fragility'
    • Apr 7

    The church needs to name and confront 'clerical fragility'

    Last week two major U.S. Catholic universities hosted conferences that engaged ongoing historical and theological research on clergy sexual
    Memorial for the children whose remains were discovered near the Kamloops Indian Residential School
    • Apr 1

    Memorial for the children whose remains were discovered near the Kamloops Indian Residential School

    ‘I Feel Shame’: Pope Apologizes to Indigenous People of Canada.'
    Former Catholic bishop admits covering up sexual abuse allegations
    • Mar 29

    Former Catholic bishop admits covering up sexual abuse allegations

    Howard Hubbard made admission during a deposition last year as part of a response to dozens of claims filed in New York
    National Child Abuse Prevention
    • Mar 29

    National Child Abuse Prevention

    The 2021/2022 Prevention Resource Guide is designed to help services providers and organizations community, to strengthen families.
    The Institutionalist
    • Mar 18

    The Institutionalist

    Pope Benedict and Munich’s sex-abuse crisis
    Opinion: In clergy abuse scandals, the Catholic Church still hasn’t reckoned with what it allowed
    • Mar 2

    Opinion: In clergy abuse scandals, the Catholic Church still hasn’t reckoned with what it allowed

    It appears that over the course of decades, practically every higher-up in the institution knew, or should have known, what was going on.
    Pressure on Italian Catholic church to face child sexual abuse reckoning
    • Feb 16

    Pressure on Italian Catholic church to face child sexual abuse reckoning

    Unofficial estimates say country may have highest number of victims of paedophile priests in world
    Hundreds of Reports of Abuse by Priests
    • Feb 7

    Hundreds of Reports of Abuse by Priests

    The complaints, going back seven decades, attest to the pervasiveness of sexual and other abuse are part of a worldwide reckoning.
    Unravelling the global scandal of clergy sex abuse
    • Feb 2

    Unravelling the global scandal of clergy sex abuse

    The Munich report, 20 years after the "Boston Globe" put the spotlight on sexual abuse and its cover-up in the Catholic Church
    What now for senior clergy who covered up abuse?
    • Jan 31

    What now for senior clergy who covered up abuse?

    Ratzinger's handling of claims of abuse during his administration are matters under scrutiny.
    Survivor advocacy group delivers Catholic Church whistleblower documents
    • Jan 20

    Survivor advocacy group delivers Catholic Church whistleblower documents

    "thousands of pages" of documents given to the Wisconson AG related to the cover up of abuse by leaders of the Catholic Church .
    We need a national database of accused clergy
    • Jan 4

    We need a national database of accused clergy

    Pursuing the truth to honestly respond to the queries of survivors and their families became a baseline for authentic pastoral response.
    Where Is the Forgiveness and Grace in Cancel Culture?
    • Dec 30, 2021

    Where Is the Forgiveness and Grace in Cancel Culture?

    The unmerited forgiveness was a powerful gesture in a process known as restorative justice.
    Defrocked Priest Sentenced to 12 Yrs on Youth Sex Abuse Charges
    • Dec 23, 2021

    Defrocked Priest Sentenced to 12 Yrs on Youth Sex Abuse Charges

    More than a dozen females came forward with abuse claims, but only nine were registered in the case due to legal technicalities.
    Seattle archdiocese settles woman’s sexual abuse lawsuit for $725,000
    • Dec 16, 2021

    Seattle archdiocese settles woman’s sexual abuse lawsuit for $725,000

    Once they heard her and understood the nature of what happened, they didn’t have any doubt that this occurred.
    Child sexual abuse: change from outside the church
    • Dec 15, 2021

    Child sexual abuse: change from outside the church

    survivors have concluded that bishops are incapable of real reform
    2 years after '17 ordination, McWilliams charged with sexual assault & child pornography
    • Dec 5, 2021

    2 years after '17 ordination, McWilliams charged with sexual assault & child pornography

    Years of screening changes for seminarians didn't quash the ordination of priests like this. How did he slip through the cracks?
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