Joseph Pelletier, CDL. O’MALLEY: BISHOPS HAVE ‘MORAL AND ETHICAL’ DUTY TO REPORT ABUSE, Church Militant

Not to mention their legal duties. Why would he avoid saying that?

Jeremy Roebuck, Predator priest sentenced to 20 years in prison, Philly.com

Good news in PA for survivors. Prosecutors take priest’s sex crimes seriously and he goes to prison

Adam Uren, Just 100 days left to file child sex abuse lawsuits before deadline, Bring Me the News

Just 100 days left to file child sex abuse lawsuits before deadline

Sarah Gerath, Time limit on suing for damages following child sex abuse removed by New South Wales Parliament, ABC

Child sexual abuse survivors will be able to make civil claims regardless of the date of an alleged incident under legislation being introduced into New South Wales Parliament today. Key points: The legislation removes the time limit on civil claims for child sexual abuse The change is part of NSW Government’s response to the child […]

Bernard Purcell, Irish Court ‘clears way’ for out of time abuse claims, The Irish World

Ireland’s Court of Appeal last week potentially cleared the way for thousands of people in this country who attended the country’s notorious industrial schools but missed the deadline for compensation from the Residential Institutions Redress Board. Mr Justice Gerard Hogan, on behalf of the three-judge Appeal Court, quashed a High Court decision agreeing with the […]

Church lifts ban of Indian priest convicted of sex assault, Associated Press

This is a self-destructive decision that bodes ill for the future of the institutional Church itself

Guila Benchimol, Focusing On Sexual Assault Victims Helps A Perpetrator Disappear, Huffington Post

And that is why SOL Reform bills are accurately named Hidden Predator Acts

Story after story after story about public school kids at risk

Story after story after story about public school kids at risk

The Editorial Board, Tracing the Bishops’ Culpability in the Child Abuse Scandal, The NY Times

Correct–no church can police itself when it comes to abuse