The Blog

Catholicism needs trauma-informed approaches to sexual abuse

Our experience bringing forward abuse and clergy misconduct claims

Church Responses to the Crisis: Recent Data

Thinking about the Crisis

THINK DIFFERENTLY.

The Three Crises >

Lessons from a Survivor >

A Sexual Violence Primer >

REVIEW THE DATA

and decide for yourself

THE JOHN JAY REPORT

An independent study on clergy abuse by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, published in 2011.

THE RUTH INSTITUTE STUDY

Exploring alleged connections between homosexuality and clergy abuse.

2019 CLERGY ABUSE DATA

The 2019 data from Georgetown's Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA).

Tips and Tools

for your response.

A FACILITATED DISCUSSION TOOLKIT

TIPS FOR BEGINNING A LOCAL RESPONSE

DON'T ASK FOR "CHANGE"

The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis

Learn about our crisis, the changes, the responses, and more.

Resource for Survivors

while we do not have the resources to be the primary point of contact for survivors, we are always open to hear your stories and experiences to help inform our work. and you're more than welcome to join us in this work! we've also collected a list of resources for survivors.

YArespond

As part of our mission, we seek to curate and create

RESOURCES

for Catholics everywhere.