BOSTON (MA)
The Boston Globe
March 8, 2019
By Martin Finucane
Two weeks after a historic Vatican summit on the problem of clergy sex abuse, the archdiocese of Boston said Friday it will set up a third-party system that will allow people to report misconduct by top church officials.
A “dominant theme” at the summit was “the need for an effective reporting mechanism when a Bishop or Cardinal has failed in his duty to protect children or has himself abused children or vulnerable adults,” Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley said in a Lenten message to the faithful.
O’Malley said he believed the US Conference of Bishops would develop “effective procedures,” but he wanted to immediately address the need for the Boston archdiocese.
“To that end I have decided to implement EthicsPoint, a confidential, anonymous and third-party system, exclusively for the reporting of misconduct by a Cardinal, Bishop or Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston,” O’Malley said.
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