Michael Pfleger Diocese Obstruction Title: Parishes cannot obstruct sex abuse investigations Author: Michael Sean Winters Publisher: National Catholic Reporter Date: 23APR2021 The Catholic Church’s struggle to eradicate the cancer of clergy sex abuse is on trial today. The community at St. Sabina church in Chicago is trying to obstruct the investigation of their much-beloved pastor
East Timor Richard Daschbach Title: Defrocked US priest revered in East Timor accused of abuse Authors: Margie Mason & Robin McDowell Contributor: Raimundos Oki Publisher: Associated Press Date: 08APR2021 It was the same every night. A list of names was posted on the Rev. Richard Daschbach’s bedroom door. The child at the top of the roster
Michael Pfleger Lie Detector Title: Fourth Victim Alleges Sex Abuse By Father Pfleger, Attorney Says Author: Mark Konkol Publisher: Patch Date: 31MAR2021 CHICAGO — Two men who say St. Sabina’s activist priest, the Rev. Michael Pfleger, of sexual abuse in the 1970s have taken lie-detector tests in hopes of strengthening their accusations. On Tuesday, Attorney
Father Michael Pfleger Accusations Title: Brothers accuse prominent Chicago priest of sexual abuse Author: Michael Tarm Publisher: The Tribune (tribtown.com) Date: 25JAN2021 CHICAGO — Two brothers in their 60s on Monday described years of sexual abuse by a firebrand activist priest who has gained fame speaking out on national politics from the pulpit and for
Clericalism Sex Abuse Crisis Title: The McCarrick Report confirms it: Clericalism powered the sex abuse crisis. Author: Sam Sawyer, S.J. Publisher: America Magazine Date: 12NOV2020 People have been scouring the 461 pages of the McCarrick Report, looking for a smoking gun that definitively explains what went wrong and who should be held responsible for the
Basil J. Hutsko Defrocked Title: Ex-Merrillville priest accused of abuse, faking assault is defrocked, church says Author: Meredith Colias-Pete Publisher: Chicago Tribune Date: 13OCT2020 A former Merrillville priest accused of sexually abusing a girl in the 1980s, and later faking a 2018 beating at St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church was officially banned from the priesthood
Crisis Podcast Survivors’ Movement Title: Bonus Content: The Survivors’ Movement Host: Karna Lozoya Publisher: The Catholic Project Date: 07OCT2020 A short bit of extra content about the clergy abuse survivors’ movement: the history of LinkUp and SNAP along with the mission and current work of SNAP, with Brian Clites of Case Western Reserve University and
Institutional Trauma Hans Zollner Title: Walking with ‘suffering Christ’ means standing with victims, says priest Author: Michelle Martin Publisher: Catholic News Service via The Catholic Sun Date: 12MAR2020 CHICAGO (CNS) — Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, one of the world’s leading experts on safeguarding minors, said the church is suffering “institutional trauma” from clerical sexual abuse,
Cupich Zollner Regaining TRUST Title: Cupich on new Catholic Church abuse protection task force: ‘Regaining trust has to begin with a profound sense of responsibility’ Author: JAVONTE ANDERSON Publisher: Chicago Tribune Date: 03MAR2020 In their first interview since Pope Francis named them among the leaders of a new worldwide task force on sexual abuse protections,
Hans Zollner Institutional Trauma Title: Leading clergy-abuse expert addresses impact of the crisis on global Catholic ChurchAuthor: Michelle MartinPublisher: Chicago CatholicDate: 03MAR2020 Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, one of the world’s leading experts on safeguarding minors, said that the church is suffering “institutional trauma” from clerical sexual abuse, trauma that it must learn to integrate into its