YArespondMay 10, 20192 minChurch Responses to the Crisis: Recent DataAs we continue to learn about and respond to the clergy abuse crisis, it's important to make use of the best available information. If you aren't already, co...
YArespondApr 29, 20194 minA 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 focused particularl...
YArespondApr 25, 20196 minRestorative Justice and the Triduumby Sarah “Today a great silence reigns on earth, a great silence and a great stillness. A great silence because the King is asleep. The earth trembled and is...
YArespondApr 20, 20192 minJoin us for evening conversations on The CrisisThe Church is moving forward, but our work is far from over. In the interest of further educating ourselves and others, YArespond is inviting Twin Cities Cat...
YArespondMar 20, 20195 minMetropolitan Model vs. National Model: A Primerby Dan During the last half of 2018, sexual abuse and misconduct on the part of clergy became the most-discussed issue in the Catholic Church. These have bee...
YArespondMar 18, 20192 minYArespond 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 on March 17 feature...
YArespondFeb 27, 20195 minLessons from a Survivor of Clergy Abuseby Chris YArespond recently hosted a survivor of clergy sexual abuse for an evening conversation, so that we can better understand, respond to, and facilitat...
YArespondFeb 25, 20191 minInside 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, homosexuality, the Vatican su...
YArespondFeb 23, 20191 minResponding 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 in addressing the cl...
YArespondFeb 7, 20194 minStatistics, 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 gave a basic overvi...
YArespondFeb 6, 20193 minStatistics, 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, discussing an initial conce...
YArespondFeb 5, 20192 minStatistics, 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 initial concern related t...
YArespondFeb 4, 20194 minStatistics, 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 attention from such organi...
YArespondDec 7, 20187 minFides et Ratio and Clergy Abuse: A Look at Public Health ModelsBy: Sarah Moon “Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a de...
YArespondOct 3, 20186 minCan we drink this cup? Nouwen and the abuse crisisby Chris In his brief text by that title, Henri Nouwen asks: "Can you drink the cup?" He reflects on Matthew 20:20-23, where Jesus speaks with the mother of ...