Taking stock of the clergy sexual abuse crisis: Protecting children

Taking stock of the clergy sexual abuse crisis: Protecting children

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by Thomas Reese, Religion News Service

Mar 23, 2019

Signs of the Times: Last month’s summit in Rome on child sex abuse did not break new ground for those who have been following this crisis for more than 30 years, but it did made clear — again — that the sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church has been devastating for the victims of abuse and for the church as a whole.