The church must protect the community from harm, but it must also protect the human rights of each individual who may face an accusation.

By now it is clear to anyone interested in the Catholic Church that there are no longer enough priests to celebrate Mass in many parishes.

Child sexual abuse, in the priesthood and in society at large, is a complex issue that does not admit of simple understandings or simple solutions.

A major problem now exists for the future of priestly vocations because of “the alliteration of priest and pedophile.”

It is helpful to understand the sexual abuse of children by priests within the broader context of child victimization.

A generation has elapsed since the close of the Second Vatican Council, and the church has underscored the council’s extraordinary ecclesial and historical significance by beatifying, this Sept. 3, Pope John XXIII. At the same time, however, the beatification of Pope Pius IX highlighted the ti