Catholic Church… Catholic bishops approve new sex-abuse reporting hotline 12 Jun 20196 Jul 2019 Source: Catholic bishops approve new sex-abuse reporting hotline Excerpts: BALTIMORE (AP) — U.S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to create a new national sex-abuse hotline run by an independent entity, a…
Clergy… New report reveals shocking details of how sexual abuse took place in churches 30 May 20191 Jun 2019 Shocking details of how sexual abuse took place in churches and how children were shamed and silenced have been detailed in a new report Source: "The Tablet" (International Catholic News…
Culture Change… ‘Tell No One’: Poland Is Pushed to Confront Abuse of Children by Priests – The New York Times 17 May 20192 Jun 2019 SCAARS.ORG is adding a link to the YouTube video here (for as long as it is available): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrUvQ3W3nV4
Clergy Privilege… Pope Francis issues groundbreaking law requiring priests, nuns to report sex abuse, cover-up 9 May 201910 May 2019 The law mandates that the world's 415,000 Catholic priests and 660,000 religious sisters inform church authorities when they have "well-founded motives to believe" abuse has occurred. Source: Pope Francis issues…
Culture Change… Benedict XVI: The Church and the Scandal of sexual abuse 11 Apr 201927 Apr 2019 This is the long article that the Pope emeritus, Benedict XVI, wrote in the form of notes on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. It is a thorough and merciless…
Catholic Church… Attorney General Nessel to Catholic Church: Stop self-policing 21 Feb 201928 Feb 2019 Nessel asked the Diocese of Lansing and its counterparts to pause internal reviews as her office investigates clergy abuse. That may take up to two years LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has…
Culture Change… NY Child Victims Act: What new law means for sex abusers, victims 5 Feb 201928 Feb 2019 Legislators said the Child Victims Act will pass as the Catholic Church eases its long-held opposition to the bill. Decade-long battle Survivors of child sexual assault will earn a victory…
Catholic Church… Cardinal Timothy Dolan Proves Once Again the Church Will Never Reform Itself without the Law and Civil Society Behind It 18 Jan 201928 Feb 2019 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that the Child Victims Act, for which we have been fighting for 15 years, will pass this year with his full support. With…
Culture Change… Childhood abuse increases risk of adult suicide, finds research 9 Jan 201928 Feb 2019 Largest study of its kind shows ‘devastating’ impact of sexual, physical and emotional abuse People who experienced sexual, physical or emotional abuse as children are two to three times more…
Blog… Legislative Pressure and Culture Change among Jehovah’s Witnesses 16 Nov 20183 May 2019 -- by Harvinder Singh, University of Birmingham, UK -- The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, or as they are more commonly known as Jehovah’s Witnesses have been criticised…
Blog… Why I am a SCAARS Supporter (M.P.) 7 Nov 20183 May 2019 -- by Michael Paddock -- For many years, I ministered as an elder in a congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses (JWs). Looking back, I can say one thing for certain –…
Blog… Why I am a SCAARS Supporter (B.P.) 29 Oct 20183 May 2019 -- by B.P. in Illinois -- My father was a man of great integrity who abhorred religious hypocrisy. In his youth, he boldly marched in front of churches in Brooklyn,…
Blog… An Insider’s Account about How a Report of Child Sex Abuse Is Handled 17 Oct 20183 May 2019 -- by Michael Paddock -- In November 2016, I made a life-altering decision. After 47 years of association with Jehovah’s Witnesses, many of those spent as an elder in the…
Blog… Joe Anderson’s Letter 16 Oct 20183 May 2019 -- By Roger Bentley (Letter: Joe Anderson) -- After Joe Anderson resigned as an elder in the Manchester, Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW’s), he wrote a resignation letter, dated June…
