UNITED STATES
National Survivor Advocates Coalition
Editorial
The 10 year anniversary look at the United States Conference of Catholics Bishops (USCCB) Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People is on the agenda for the Bishops’ June meeting which opens today in Atlanta.
We anticipate the Bishops will look upon their creation and see little that needs changed and they will announce the little with pats on their backs about how they are leaders in the fight against child sexual abuse, how the crisis is behind us, and how wrong and petty their critics are.
We urge our readers to listen to the announcement made by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee’s Vicar General on Sunday about the removal of a pastor and an investigation into a charge of sexual abuse. Here is the link to both the audio and written text: LINK
Disturbed as we are by this announcement, we believe it is closer to the reality of where the Church, its hierarchy, its priests and its lay people, really are in regard to this continuing crisis than what will be portrayed in the business meeting and press conference of the USCCB’s meeting.
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