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At 10:30 a.m., child sex abuse survivor advocate Shaun Dougherty calls for clergy abuse survivors to register with the archdiocese compensation program before its July 31 deadline, outside St. Patrick's Cathedral, Fifth Avenue and 51st Street, Manhattan.

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«Today Cardinal Dolan had the long - awaited opportunity to talk about his decision nine years ago in Milwaukee to publicize the names of priests who had abused children and how he responded to the tragedy of past clergy sexual abuse of minors, during the time he was privileged to serve as archbishop of Milwaukee,» Joseph Zwilling, a spokesman for the Archdiocese of New York, said in a written statement.

It outlines policies and procedures for the church to address allegations of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy and deals with reconciliation, accountability and prevention.

Statistics have for decades shown that children are far, far, far, far more likely to be abused by a family member or by a school authority figure than they are by a member of the clergy of any religion.

When the clergy abuse scandal has sent multitudes of Catholics to swim the Tiber away from Rome to either liberal or evangelical Protestantism, and the church is beset with both clergy and parishioners who ignore or defy Rome, one would hope for a bit of ecumenical modesty.

The church is a safe place for those who abuse women, children, and clergy is one of the top 4 professions for domestic abuse.

My question is this: what would it take for the American church at large (American church in this case meaning mainline denominations, other individual sects like the Mennonites with their huge variety of conservative to liberal congregations, nondenominational churches of all sizes mega and not, etc.) to make a concerted effort to call out abuse demonstrated by clergy in both church, public, and private settings?

As founder of the Trinity Retreat House, which operates «to provide spiritual direction and retreats for clergy,» Groeschel has worked with priests involved in abuse.

John Coughlin's excellent review («Scandal and Canon Law,» June / July 2008) of Nicholas Cafardi's equally excellent book Before Dallas: The U.S. Bishops» Response to Clergy Sexual Abuse of Children is marred by approval of setting aside «prescription,» the statute of limitations for the prosecution of a delict in canon law.

This last assumption is worth some attention in passing: if you do internet searches for cases of paedophile abuse involving the Catholic clergy in continental Europe, for example, there is nothing remotely on the same scale.

«Like it or not, the archdiocese is canonically responsible for the financial care of a priest - even a priest who has committed such a horrible crime and sin such as clergy sexual abuse of a minor,» the statement said.

It might help feed some poor people, clothe their clergy in gold or pay for their victims of abuse, but not much else.

(CNN)- Pope Francis made his strongest condemnation of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy on Friday, asking for forgiveness and pledging to impose penalties on «men of the church» who harm children.

For every chlld abused by clergy, over 100 are abused by public school teachers.

According to the John Jay report, 918 of 1872 (49 %) substantiated allegations of abuse against Catholic clergy were addressed by sending the priest off for psychiatric counseling and then moving him to another parish, with nary a whisper to law enforcement.

Money spent feeding the poor or helping those abused by clergy would be an expense considered out of touch for the RCC.

As for celibacy, if instances of clerical sexual abuse, including homosexual abuse, are as frequent in churches where the clergy can marry» and the evidence is that they are» celibacy would seem to be, at most, marginally related to the problems that produced the scandals.

What began as an effort by legislators to expand judicial accountability for sexual abuse by Catholic clergy has grown to cover people in every walk of life.

Then, this spring, came a systematic series of attacks on the Church - given massive force by the Internet - with co-ordinated media stories purporting to show the Holy Father's failure to grapple with the problem of sexual abuse by the clergy, and across websites and blogs, and leader articles and opinion - columns, came calls for his resignation.

Roger Meekings, who carried out a 2009 past case review for the Diocese of Chichester, told the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse that information about clergy who were later jailed had not been in their personnel files.

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The Catholic Church has been rocked by allegations that clergy abused children sexually and physically for decades across Europe and the United States.

She is founder of «Minister and Clergy Sexual Abuse Survivors» and appears to have done some much needed advocacy for victims of truly terrible crimes.

For example, some states specifically mention clergy in the category of those who must report child abuse, while other states exempt clergy from a duty to report child abuse if the information about the abuse was gathered during the course of a privileged communication.

There is a need for a culture change within the Church of England, with some clergy believing that abuse... More

In fact, the recent practice of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has been to waive the prescription period in cases of clergy sexual abuse.

The day - long conference at the Newman Center at the University at Buffalo aims to provide clergy with strategies for helping those who have substance abuse disorders and the families of the afflicted.

One was The Punishment of Incest Act (1908), which made sexual abuse within families a matter for state jurisdiction instead of intervention by the clergy.

Keeping things quiet unless you want to take them to court is onr of the ways incest and abuse by the clergy kept going for so long.

(A call for a Public Inquiry into abuse of children and vulnerable adults by Clergy in England and Wales.)

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While in law school, she was the Production Editor of the Maine Law Review, which published her case note Church Liability for Clergy Sexual Abuse: Have Time and Events Overthrown Swanson v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland?

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The handbook also provides hotlines for church leaders to consult legal advisers and professional counselors, and requires clergy to report abuse to secular authorities.