Monday, October 8, 2018

Reactions of Members of the Catholic Laity and Clergy to Present Sexual Abuse Crisis


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.

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(Updated on Oct. 15, 2018)


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