Recent Events

• Statement of Bishop Gregory on News Report of Study Findings
• Bishop Gregory's Remarks on Boston Settlement
• Report of Work of the Ad Hoc Committee on Sexual Abuse, St. Louis, Missouri, June 21, 2003

• Governor Keating Resigns from National Review Board
• Audit of Diocesan Policies to Begin in June
• Canon Lawyer Named Consultant on Clergy Abuse Issues
• Office of Child and Youth Protection Plans Safe Environment Programs
• Training Held on ‘Essential Norms'; Vatican Official Took Part
  • Remarks by Archbishop Harry Flynn, February 24, 2003
  • Opening Comments by Bishop Doran, February 17, 2003
  • Introductory Remarks by The Very Reverend David O'Connell, C.M., February 18, 2003
• Bishops' President Issues Statement on Manchester Agreement
• Guidelines for "Safe Environment Programs"
• Bishops Reconcile Procedural Issues and Assert Strength of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People
• Kathleen McChesney Named Director: Office of Child and Youth Protection
• Sister Andree Fries Named Deputy for Child Sexual Abuse Response
• Pending Recognitio: Essential Norms for Diocesan/Eparchial Policies Dealing with Allegations of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Priests or Deacons (Comparative Texts)
  

Mixed Commission on Sex Abuse Norms
• Mixed Commission Ends Work in Rome
• Mixed Commission Named
  
• Bishop Gregory Remarks on Mixed Commission on Sex Abuse Norms
  
• National Review Board Issues Statement on Mixed Commission
  

• Sex Abuse Committee Releases Preliminary Survey Results
  
• Ad Hoc Committee on Sex Abuse Restructured
  
• Membership of National Review Board Completed
  
• Membership of National Review Board Announced
  

• Press Releases
  • Statement of Bishop Gregory on News Reports of Study Findings
  • Bishop Gregory Stresses Force of Action on Child Sexual Abuse
    
  • U.S. Bishops Approve Charter to Protect Children and Young People
    
  • Gov. Frank Keating of Oklahoma to Chair American Bishops' Advisory Panel
    
  • Media Briefings by Sexual Abuse Experts Part of Dallas Meeting
    
  • Conference President Invites Continued Dialogue with 'SNAP'
• Statements by President Wilton Gregory
  • June 12 News Conference Opening Remarks
    
  • June 13 News Conference
    
  • Presidential Address: A Catholic Response to Sexual Abuse: Confession, Contrition, Resolve
    
  • June 14 News Conference
• Presentations
  • The Present Crisis through the Lens of the Laity
    
    Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, Commonweal Magazine
    

    The Church at Risk - Remarks to the USCCB
    

    Scott Appleby, University of Notre Dame
    

    Statement of Craig Martin
    

    Craig Martin, St. Peter's Church, Forest Lake, MN
    

    Impact Statement of Paula Gonzales Rohrbacher
    

    Paula Gonzales Rohrbacher, Juneau, Alaska
    

    Impact Statement of Michael Bland
    

    Michael Bland
    

    Impact Statement of David Clohessy
    

    David Clohessy, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP)
    

    "The Experience of the Victim of Sexual Abuse:" A Reflection
    

    Mary Gail Frawley-O'Dea, Ph.D.
    

• An Invitation to Prayer in Dallas
  
• Statement of Bishop Wilton Gregory to the Media at the Vatican
  
• Conference President Issues Statement on Palm Beach Bishop
  
• We Have Been Enlightened by Bishop Wilton Gregory, February 15, 2002
  
• Statement on Sexual Abuse of Minors by Priests by Bishop Wilton D. Gregory

• Open Letter to America’s Catholics from USCCB President
  
• Address of the Holy Father to the Cardinals of the U.S.
  
• Cardinals’ Vatican Meeting Final Communique
  
• Message to the Priests of the U.S.A.

• Five Principles to Follow Regarding Allegations of Sexual Abuse
  
• Efforts to Combat Clergy Sexual Abuse Against Minors: A Chronology through 2001
  
• Diocesan Policies Concerning Sexual Abuse
  
• Walk in the Light: Pastoral Response to Child Sexual Abuse, 1995 NCCB/USCC Administrative Board statement

• Opinion: Bishop John F. Kinney, Chairman Emeritus, Ad Hoc Committee on Sexual Abuse
  Interview with Frederick S. Berlin, MD, Ph.D.
  
• Reprinted from America magazine, April 25, 2002
  The Catholic Church and Child Sexual Abuse, By Stephen J. Rosetti
  Priest Pedophiles, By Melvin C. Blanchette and Gerald D. Coleman
  Can the Church Be Healed? With God All Things Are Possible, By Harry J. Flynn

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