Why the Catholic Church Is So Slow To Act In Sex Abuse Cases: 4 Essential Reads
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Why the Catholic Church Is So Slow To Act In Sex Abuse Cases: 4 Essential Reads
By Kalpana Jain, Senior Religion + Ethics Editor. First published on The Conversation
The Vatican’s retired ambassador to the United States, Carlo Maria Vigano, has accusedPope Francis and other officials of covering up that they were aware of sex abuse allegations against Theodore McCarrick, a former archbishop of Washington.
The accusation follows a grand jury report in Pennsylvania that revealed a long and shocking scale of sex abuse in the Catholic Church. Francis, who accepted McCarrick’s resignation last month, after an investigation found the allegations to be credible, has refused to comment on Vigano’s letter.
