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Other Web Sites about the Catholic Abuse Crisis

On this page we provide links to Web sites that offer information, commentary, and assistance regarding the crisis. The sites represent a range of positions and opinion, and their presence on this list should not be construed as an endorsement by BishopAccountability.org. We endorse no particular analysis of the root causes of the crisis, and we advocate no particular remedies. Nor do we recommend the services of any organization or business listed below. Please email us with suggestions for adding to this list of links.

Media and Academic Web Sources on the Crisis
Including Newspaper Features with Links to Many Stories

* The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church - David M. Cheney's very useful resource providing "current and historical information about the bishops and dioceses" of the Catholic church

* Abuse Tracker (a daily digest of links to media coverage of clergy abuse, financial accountability, and related issues)
* Behind the Pine Curtain (successor site to the Abuse Disclosure Project, on abuse at St. John's in Collegeville)
*
Catholic World Report - "Scandal Coverage" back to 1993
* The Church in the 21st Century (Boston College)
* Google News on Catholic Abuse Crisis
* Father Lasch
* First Things (Google search)
* National Catholic Reporter
* National Public Radio
* New Oxford Review and its dossiers on the Priest Sex Abuse Scandal and "The Lavender Mafia Files"
* Poster Boy Priest (journal site by accused priest Thaddeus J. Kardas, now deceased)
* Renegade Catholic, main site of Jay Nelson, former webmaster of The Linkup and editor of the Missing Link, with links to his other projects
* Richard Sipe: Priests, Celibacy, and Sexuality
* Sister Jane McDonald

* Clergy Abuse page from the Rick A. Ross Institute
* Yahoo - Catholic Church Abuse Scandal

* Baltimore MD - Baltimore Sun (2002-2006)
* Boston MA - Boston Globe (2002-2004); Boston Phoenix (2001-2003)
* Cincinnati OH - Cincinnati Enquirer (2002-2003)
* Cleveland OH - Plain Dealer (2002-2004)
* Joliet IL - Herald News (2002)
* Los Angeles - Los Angeles Lay Catholic Mission (Google search 1998-2006); Ron Russell in New Times
* Milwaukee WI - Milwaukee Sentinel (2002-2005)
* New York NY - BeliefNet (2002-2004)
* Niagara Falls NY - LifeSite (2002-2005)
* Philadelphia PA - Philadelphia Inquirer (mostly 2005)
* Portland OR - Oregonian (1999-2004)
* St. Louis MO - St. Louis Post-Dispatch (2002-2004)
* San Francisco CA - Catholic World Report (1993-2002)
* San Francisco CA - San Francisco Chronicle (1995-2009) (site search)
* Spokane WA - Spokesman Review (2002-2008)
* Tampa Bay FL - Tampa Bay Coalition (2002)
* Washington DC - Catholic News Service (2004)
* Washington DC - PBS NewsHour (2002-2004)

* Boston archdiocese's For the Record feature, which responded to media coverage in 2003


Vatican Documents and News

* Vatican - The official Web site, with documents of Pope Benedict XVI, Pope John Paul II, Vatican II, and much else
* Zenit - "the world seen from Rome," with document archive and a daily email service
* All Things Catholic - weekly column by John Allen, Vatican reporter for the National Catholic Reporter, with an archive of previous columns
* Catholic World News


Organizations and Other Sources of Information and Analysis

* Jeff Anderson & Associates (with links to documents)
* Call to Action
* Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights
* Child Abuse Prevention Requires Education (CARE)
* Child Victim's Voice (Delaware statute-of-limitations reform)
* ChurchSecurity.info (documents and anti-embezzlement measures)
* Coalition of Catholics & Survivors
* Crusade against Clergy Abuse
* Dignity
* Fix the Law
* Foundation to Abolish Child Sexual Abuse
* Freedom from Religion Foundation
* Justice for Priests & Deacons
* William F. McMurry & Associates (with feature on the Catholic cases and links to news reports)
* NAPSAC (National Association to Prevent Sexual Abuse of Children)
*
National Federation of Priest Councils
* The National Institute for the Renewal of the Priesthood
*
Opus Bono Sacerdotii (Work for the Good of the Priesthood)
* Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and their feature on Secret Justice
*
Roman Catholic Faithful (including their exposé [p. 21] of St. Sebastian's Angels)
* SafeNet (Survivors Alliance and Franciscan Exchange Network)
* Speak Truth to Power
* Survivor Connections
* Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (See also the Web sites for the chapters in the Great Plains, the Midwest, Tennessee, and Louisiana.)
* United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the USCCB's abuse-related Web page (see also the USCCB's convenient lists of bishops and dioceses with links to diocesan websites)
* Voice of the Faithful (VOTF), and see also VOTF's links to Web sites of their local affiliates, including the Bridgeport CT VOTF affiliate's site, as well as two sites started in response to VOTF, Faithful Voice and Your Catholic Voice
* Worcester Voice


Abuse in Other Religious Institutions

* The Awareness Center (Jewish Community)
* Pokrov (Orthodox Churches)
* silentlambs (Jehovah's Witnesses)

Blogs and Message Boards

Web logs and message boards have been an important forum during the crisis.

* SNAP Discussion Board

* City of Angels by Kay Ebeling
* Clergy Abuse and the Catholic Church by Patrick J. Wall
* Voice from the Desert by Frank Douglas

 

 

 
 

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