Why it's so hard to hold priests accountable for sex abuse
- Written by Carolyn M. Warner, Associate Director of Graduate Studies & Professor, Arizona State University
A grand jury report recently found shocking levels of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church. It uncovered, in six dioceses, the sexual abuse of over 1,000 children and named 301 perpetrator priests. It also found that religious officials had turned a blind eye to the abuse.
In response, Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, wrote a...
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