Reactions on the Recent
Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis Worldwide
The clergy sexual abuse cases that came to the limelight recently in a series of storms -- one more dreadful, shocking, and shameful than the next one. Some Catholics in the U.S. said, "How could this happen again?" Another person said, "Your faith is shaken."
"I'm horrified," Ellen Ahmad told CNN of the Pennsylvania grand jury report. "It's so sad. As a Catholic, I'm ashamed."
In the U.S., some Catholic lay groups are demanding more responsibility to investigate clergy sexual abuse as the hierarchy has shamefully failed to address the crisis.
Some big donors of the Catholic Church in the U.S. stopped their regular quota of donations. Some other wealthy Catholics decided to compile their "Red Hat Reports" on red-hatted American cardinals until the next papal conclave (election of the pope). In these reports, they will track which cardinals took appropriate measures on sex abuses and how many others failed to do so and why.
Some laypersons even started to sue the Vatican and certain U.S. dioceses on the issue of clergy sexual abuse.
For more on reactions, please read the following:
- Catholic Church used children fathered by priests as leverage to silence victims (Aug. 15, 2018)
- Amid Pennsylvania Catholic Church abuse scandal, trust broken but faith unshaken (Aug. 17, 2018)
- Allegations of sexual misconduct by priests, cover-up by church leaders have people talking (Aug. 17, 2018)
- Theologians, lay leaders call for mass resignations of US bishops (Aug. 17, 2018)
- Abuse in the Church -- A Pastoral Response (Aug. 17, 2018)
- Bishops around U.S. respond with 'sorrow' to abuse report, vow to act (Aug. 17, 2018)
- Can the Catholic Church Reform From Within? (Aug. 17, 2018)
- Catholics react to report detailing sexual abuse by clergy in their Diocese [Pittsgurgh] (Aug. 19, 2018)
- A Pennsylvania Priest Responds To Sex Abuse (Aug. 19, 2018)
- Pope Francis condemns child sex abuse and Church cover-ups (Aug. 20, 2018)
- Read Pope Francis' landmark letter on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church (Aug. 20, 2018)
- Catholics 'sickened'by Pennsylvania sex abuse report and church's cover-up but stand by their faith (Aug. 20, 2018)
- 'Your faith is shaken,' Pittsburgh Catholics react to report detailing sexual abuse by clergy (Aug. 20, 2018)
- Erie parishoners react to grand jury report (Aug. 20, 2018)
- 'How could this happen again?' Why this Catholic abuse scandal seems worse than 2002? (Aug. 20, 2018)
- Canadian bishops respond to U.S. abuse allegations with sorrow, anger (Aug. 21, 1018)
- Civil lawsuits are the only way to hold bishops accountable for abuse cover-ups (Aug. 21, 2018)
- Catholics Are Desperate for Tangible Reforms on Clergy Sex Abuse (Aug. 22, 2018)
- Knights of Columbus leader urges church reforms after abuse (Aug. 23, 2018)
- Prominent Catholics see larger role for laity in church's abuse response (Aug. 23, 2018)
- Activist Nun Responds To Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal (Aug. 25, 2018)
- 'Tired of apologies,' abuse victims demand action, not words, from Pope Francis (Aug. 25, 2018)
- Reynolds Comments on Catholic Clergy Scandal (Aug. 27, 2018) [Susan Reynolds is the Asst. Professor of Catholic Studies at Chandler Schools of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
- Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal Keeps Parishioners From Mass (Aug. 27, 2018)
- Catholic Lay Group Wants More Responsibility To Investigate Clergy Sexual Abuse (Aug. 28, 2018)
- Catholic man calls out priest on sex abuse scandal during Mass (Aug. 29, 2018) ('We have to stand up': Naka Nathaniel says parishioners should no longer sit pews and let abuse happen)
- An Irish theologian on what's next for the Catholic Church after visit of Pope Francis (Aug. 31, 2018)
- In the midst of sex abuse allegations, what is a Catholic layperson to do? (Sept. 4, 2018)
- The Sex-Abuse Scandal is Growing Faster Than the Church Can Contain It (Sept. 14, 2018)
- As Catholic Sex Abuse Crisis Deepens, Conservative Circles Blame Gay Priests (Sept. 19, 2018)
- Abuse crisis is like fire purifying church, says head of Canadian bishops (Sept. 26, 2018)
- Wealthy Catholics to target Cardinals with 'Red Hat Report' (Oct. 1, 2018)
- 'Red Hat Report' to 'audit' cardinals, ahead of next conclave (Oct. 1, 2018)
- Camarillo man sues California bishops over alleged clergy abuse (Oct. 2, 2018)
- Pope Francis' Popularity Falls Sharply Among U.S. Catholics (Oct. 2, 2018)
- Confidence in Pope Francis Down Sharply in U.S. (Oct. 2, 2018)
- Five takeaways from the "Red Hat Report" (Oct. 3, 2018)
- Francis vs. Red Hat Report Catholics (Oct. 3, 2018)
- Notre Dame president says reports of church abuse fill him with "sadness, anger and shame" (Oct. 4, 2018)
- Oxnard man files lawsuit against the Vatican, alleging priest sex abuse was covered up (Oct. 4, 2018)
- Oxnard Man Sues Vatican For Names Of All Sex Offenders In Catholic Church (Oct. 4, 2018)
- What happened to the Catholic Church (Part I) (Oct. 8, 2018)
- What happened to the Catholic Church (Part II) (Oct. 11, 2018)
(Updated on Oct. 15, 2018)
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