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“Child abuse & neglect”

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services posts data and other information about child abuse on its Child Welfare Information Gateway.

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“Ultra-Orthodox Group Affirms Abuse Cases Go First To Rabbi”

The Catholic Church is not the only religious community battling the ministerial abuse problem. A May 25, 2011, article in The Forward, titled “Ultra-Orthodox Group Affirms Abuse Cases Go First To Rabbi,” shows how some Jewish religious authorities contend that Jews must consult a rabbi before going to law enforcement with suspicions of sexual abuse committed by community […]

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“Another Long Lent”

Read “Another Long Lent,” an April 8, 2011, essay in Commonweal magazine about the Philadelphia crisis by Nicholas P. Cafardi, Cafardi is a civil and canon lawyer and one of the original members of the USCCB’s National Review Board for the Protection of Children and Youth. He is the author of Before Dallas, a history of the clergy child sexual-abuse […]

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“The Fog of Scandal”

Read “The Fog of Scandal,” a May 12, 2011, essay in Commonweal magazine by Ana Maria Catanzaro, head of the clergy abuse review board for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. She recounts her experience and dismay at the revelations of the grand jury.

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