Metropolitan Digital

Men's Weekly


.

The survivors of clergy sexual abuse who finally pushed the Vatican to recognize the problem

  • Written by Brian Clites, Instructor and Associate Director, Case Western Reserve University
The survivors of clergy sexual abuse who finally pushed the Vatican to recognize the problemSurvivors Network of Those Abused by Priests protest against clergy sex abuse in Los Angeles in 2010.AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes

The Vatican’s decision to defrock Cardinal Theodore McCarrick comes just days before the world’s leading bishops gather in Rome for a summit on the clergy sexual abuse crisis.

The bishops were instructed to...

Read more: The survivors of clergy sexual abuse who finally pushed the Vatican to recognize the problem

More Articles ...

  1. Virginia politics: The uneasy marriage of new liberalism and historic racism
  2. Must the president be a moral leader?
  3. A brief history of presidential lethargy
  4. Senate vote could end US complicity in the Saudi-led genocide in Yemen
  5. Can Congress or the courts reverse Trump's national emergency?
  6. Why Maduro is blocking Venezuela-bound humanitarian aid when so many people in his country need it
  7. What Green New Deal advocates can learn from the 2009 economic stimulus act
  8. Striking teachers in Denver shut down performance bonuses – here's how that will impact education
  9. Protecting human heritage on the moon: Don't let 'one small step' become one giant mistake
  10. How white became the color of suffrage
Metropolitan republishes selected articles from The Conversation USA with permission

Visit The Conversation to see more