Complicit Clergy

Kansas Report Finds Catholic Church Covered-Up Sexual Abuse For Decades

January 11, 2023 from NPR by Staff

A Kansas Bureau of Investigation report released late Friday documents a chronic pattern of sexual abuse by Catholic priests in the state, and the church’s history of protecting its clergy. The report released by the state attorney general’s office said dioceses across the state frequently failed to follow church policies regarding allegations of sexual abuse … Read more

After Years Of Abuse By Priests, #NunsToo Are Speaking Out

March 25, 2019 from NPR by Sylvia Poggioli

In February, Pope Francis acknowledged a longstanding dirty secret in the Roman Catholic Church — the sexual abuse of nuns by priests. It’s an issue that had long been kept under wraps, but in the #MeToo era, a #NunsToo movement has emerged, and now sexual abuse is more widely discussed. The Vatican’s wall of silence … Read more