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Catholicism needs trauma-informed approaches to sexual abuse
In February 2020, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis hosted an event on sexual abuse and trauma. It focused on the question:...
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Apr 14, 20216 min read
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Our experience bringing forward abuse and clergy misconduct claims
For the past couple of years, two of our members have been working with the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis to address an...
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Apr 13, 20211 min read
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Church Responses to the Crisis: Recent Data
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...
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May 9, 20192 min read
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A Survivor Speaks: What Catholics Have Said to Me
by Chris As part of our ongoing discussion series, YArespond hosted a clergy abuse survivor to share her perspectives and experiences. We...
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Apr 29, 20194 min read
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Restorative Justice and the Triduum
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...
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Apr 25, 20196 min read
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Join us for evening conversations on The Crisis
The Church is moving forward, but our work is far from over. In the interest of further educating ourselves and others, YArespond is...
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Apr 20, 20192 min read
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Metropolitan Model vs. National Model: A Primer
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...
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Mar 20, 20195 min read
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YArespond in The Atlantic: What Are Catholic Parents to Do?
Last week, The Atlantic spoke with Catholic parents on how they are responding to the Church's clergy abuse crisis. The article published...
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Mar 18, 20192 min read
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Lessons from a Survivor of Clergy Abuse
by Chris YArespond recently hosted a survivor of clergy sexual abuse for an evening conversation, so that we can better understand,...
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Feb 27, 20195 min read
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Inside the Closet of the Vatican: Chris Damian on Viewpoints with Todd van der Heyden
YArespond co-founder Chris Damian was recently featured on Viewpoints with Todd van der Heyden, where they discuss Catholicism,...
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Feb 25, 20191 min read
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Responding to the Clergy Abuse Crisis: How a Law Background Influenced a Local Response
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...
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Feb 22, 20191 min read
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Statistics, Clergy Abuse, and Homosexuality: Coefficients
by Nathan In the previous three posts, we gave an outline of Paul Sullins’ recent paper on homosexuality and clergy abuse. The first post...
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Feb 7, 20194 min read
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Statistics, Clergy Abuse, and Homosexuality: Polynomial Transformation
by Nathan The first post in this series gave a brief outline of Dr. Paul Sullins’ recent paper on homosexuality and clergy abuse,...
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Feb 6, 20193 min read
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Statistics, Clergy Abuse, and Homosexuality: Correlation and Aggregation
by Nathan The previous post gave a brief outline of Dr. Paul Sullins’ recent paper on homosexuality and clergy abuse, discussing an...
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Feb 5, 20192 min read
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Statistics, Clergy Abuse, and Homosexuality: The Sullins Report
by Nathan A study about the clergy sex abuse crises has been making the rounds in Catholic circles in the past few months, gaining...
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Feb 4, 20194 min read
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