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Confronting an epidemic of abuse in the Catholic Church John Geoghan, wearing a dark suit and handcuffs, is escorted by two uniformed officers down a courthouse hallway. The U.S. Catholic Church and the Sexual Abuse Crisis A group of women and men stand outside Leinster House in Dublin holding a banner reading Magdalene Survivors Together, Fighting for Justice. Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, wearing clerical attire, gestures with open hands while speaking at a press conference, with several microphones visible in front of him. Cardinal Bernard Law and Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick, both in black robes with red trim and red caps, sit side by side in conversation. Protest by Ending Clergy Abuse Pope Francis sits with his head resting on his hand in a thoughtful pose during a liturgical prayer, surrounded by cardinals and clergy at the Vatican.
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Confronting an epidemic of abuse in the Catholic Church
Three survivors of clergy sexual abuse as children standing with other victims of...
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Disgraced priest John Geoghan
Former Roman Catholic priest John Geoghan leaving Middlesex Superior Court in Cambridge,...
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Magdalene Survivors Together
Members of Magdalene Survivors Together gathering near Leinster House in Dublin in...
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Cardinal Joseph Bernardin
Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago speaking during a press conference in 1993 to...
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Cardinal Bernard Law and Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, 2003
Bernard Law served as the archbishop of Boston from 1984 to 2002. He resigned in...
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Protest by Ending Clergy Abuse
Members of Ending Clergy Abuse, an organization of sexual abuse survivors and activists,...
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Pope Francis at the Vatican summit on clergy sexual abuse
In February 2019 Pope Francis called a summit on the Protection of Minors in the...
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The U.S. Catholic Church and the Sexual Abuse Crisis
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