What if the cornerstone of our conventional wisdom about the victims of the Catholic Church and clergy sex abuse crisis was wrong? What if, in a statistically viable sample of survivors of abuse in the Catholic Church, 50% of respondents were female? What if you also knew that this result is almost statically impossible to…Continue reading What if women comprised 50% of sex abuse victims in the Catholic Church?
The Arizona Child Victims’ Act has not been in the headlines much—Covid and the elections have stolen most of the news airtime in that state. Don’t let the quiet fool you: Arizona’s Catholic Bishops have a long and sordid history of enabling and protecting child sex predators. Today, victims filed two new child sex abuse…Continue reading Arizona Child Victims’ Act: Two New Lawsuits Filed
Since I began discussing forgiveness as the topic of my new book project, I have had a number of very smart friends send over great research materials. One person pointed out the two Greek words used in the Bible for forgiveness: charizomai, which translates roughly to “grace” or to “bestow a favor unconditionally” and aphiemi,…Continue reading Where does “forgiveness” come from?
“Forgive me.” “Times were different then.” “You need to forgive to heal.” “Let go of your anger and find healing and peace.” Heard these before? What is this is a lot of sociological, historical, and political bunk? That’s what I am looking to find out. I am working on a new book project. The idea…Continue reading Weaponized Forgiveness: A New Blog Series
This week, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) reported that allegations of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church TRIPLED in the past year. There is only one reason for this huge increase in reports: Statute of Limitation Reform. Survivors in many states (California, New Jersey, New York, Arizona) now have the right to…Continue reading Statute of limitations reform: A bittersweet, overwhelming success
