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In February 2020, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis hosted an event on sexual abuse and trauma. It focused on the question:...

For the past couple of years, two of our members have been working with the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis to address an...

As we continue to learn about and respond to the clergy abuse crisis, it's important to make use of the best available information. If...

by Chris As part of our ongoing discussion series, YArespond hosted a clergy abuse survivor to share her perspectives and experiences. We...

by Sarah “Today a great silence reigns on earth, a great silence and a great stillness. A great silence because the King is asleep. The...

The Church is moving forward, but our work is far from over. In the interest of further educating ourselves and others, YArespond is...

by Dan During the last half of 2018, sexual abuse and misconduct on the part of clergy became the most-discussed issue in the Catholic...

Last week, The Atlantic spoke with Catholic parents on how they are responding to the Church's clergy abuse crisis. The article published...

by Chris YArespond recently hosted a survivor of clergy sexual abuse for an evening conversation, so that we can better understand,...

YArespond co-founder Chris Damian was recently featured on Viewpoints with Todd van der Heyden, where they discuss Catholicism,...

On February 21, 2019, Chris spoke at the University of St. Thomas School of Law on how his legal background shaped the work of YArespond...

by Nathan In the previous three posts, we gave an outline of Paul Sullins’ recent paper on homosexuality and clergy abuse. The first post...

by Nathan The first post in this series gave a brief outline of Dr. Paul Sullins’ recent paper on homosexuality and clergy abuse,...

by Nathan The previous post gave a brief outline of Dr. Paul Sullins’ recent paper on homosexuality and clergy abuse, discussing an...

by Nathan A study about the clergy sex abuse crises has been making the rounds in Catholic circles in the past few months, gaining...