The Catholic Church's Sex Abuse Scandal


Roman Catholic bishops' conference in Dallas, church leaders work out details on a policy for dealing with sexual abuse by priests. NPR's Duncan Moon reports on Morning Edition.


At the opening of the bishops' conference in Dallas, Bishop Wilton Gregory concedes church leaders had a role in creating the sex abuse scandal. Alleged victims also speak out. NPR's Duncan Moon and Wade Goodwyn report on All Things Considered. Conference of Catholic Bishops prepares to meet in Dallas. It is expected to discuss the role of lay review boards in investigating allegations of sex abuse by priests. NPR's Duncan Moon reports on All Things Considered.


June 4, 2002: Bishops Set Vote on Plan to Oust Abusive Priests


An ad hoc committee recommends that the church defrock any priest who sexually abuses a child. The plan will be put to a vote at next week's conference of bishops Derek Carr Raiders Jersey in Dallas. NPR's Duncan Moon reports on All Things Considered.


June 4, 2002: Church Run Treatment Facilities Face Scrutiny


The St. Luke Institute, which treats pedophile priests, may lose accreditation after the recent suicide of a priest. The incident has raised questions about treatment provided by church run facilities. NPR's Beth Fertig reports on All Things Considered.


June 2, 2002: Church Aggressively Defends Some Abuse Cases


The Roman Catholic Church has paid large sums of money to settle sex abuse cases. But it is also using aggressive defense tactics in some cases, suggesting the claimants contributed to the alleged abuse. On Weekend Edition Sunday, Monica Brady Myerov of member station WBUR reports from Boston.


May 28, 2002: Bush Meets with the Pope


During an audience with Pope John Paul II, President Bush brought up the sex abuse www.officialraidersnflauthentic.com/Khalil_Mack_Jersey_Raiders scandal that has rocked the Roman Catholic Church in America, a White House spokesman confirms. For All Things Considered, NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Rome.


May 15, 2002: Man Charged with Shooting Priest He Says Abused Him


In 1993, a young Baltimore man named Dontee Stokes accused the Rev. Maurice Blackwell, a Roman Catholic priest, of sexual abuse. Now Stokes stands accused of shooting Blackwell, who was suspended after the sex abuse allegations but then reinstated by Baltimore Cardinal William Keeler. For All Things Considered, NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports. Catholic church. On Morning Edition, NPR's Susan Stamberg interviews two pastors about their day to day experiences.


June 12, 2002: Bishops' Pulpit


Commentator Gustav Niebuhr, a visiting fellow at the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University, says the sexual abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church is distracting from other important social issues abortion, peace, poverty that bishops are supposed to speak out about. On All Things Considered.


June 4, 2002: Change and the Church


The sex abuse scandal has led to many calls for the Roman Catholic Church to change. But the church has always been slow to change, commentator John Crowley observes. John Crowley lives in Conway, Mass. His latest book is The Translator from William Morrow Co. On All Things Considered.


April 23, 2002: Catholics Stay


Commentator Jane Meredith Adams describes her decision to stay with the Catholic Church, despite its sex abuse crisis. On Morning Edition.


April 23, 2002: Roman Catholic Control


Commentator Richard Higgins says that the Roman Catholic Church's current scandal is not just about issues of sex and sexuality it is also about the hierarchy's control. On All Things Considered.


April 22, 2002: Passive Voice of Apology?


NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr argues that the language coming from leaders within the Roman Catholic Church suggests more concern for the institution than for the victims of abuse. On All Things Considered.