Reports of Attorneys General, Grand Juries, Individuals, Commissions, and Organizations

Reports of Grand Juries and Attorneys General

1) New York NY - Westchester County Grand Jury Report, June 19, 2002
2) Rockville Centre NY - Suffolk County Grand Jury Report, February 10, 2003
3) Manchester NH - Attorney General’s Report with investigative archive, March 3, 2003
4) Boston MA - Reilly Report and Executive Summary, July 23, 2003
5) Portland ME - Attorney General’s Report, February 24, 2004. See also the attorney general's investigative materials released on May 27, 2005 and July 8, 2005.
6) Philadelphia PA - Grand Jury Report, September 15, 2005

USCCB Reports on the Implementation of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People

* 2003 (released December 2003) [includes Executive Summaries of diocesan audits]
* 2004 (released February 2005) [see also Executive Summaries of diocesan audits]
* 2005 (released March 2006)
* 2006 (released March 2007)
* 2007 (released March 2008)
* 2008 (released March 2009)

Note: These reports on implementation summarize data about allegations received in 2004-2007. In this respect, they supplement the John Jay report and supplementary data analysis, which summarized and analyzed data received 1950-2002. The USCCB has not released data on allegations received in 2003.

Reports of Individuals, Commissions, and Organizations

* Conrad Baars, The Role of the Church in the Causation, Treatment and Prevention of the Crisis in the Priesthood (1971)

* Mouton, Doyle, and Peterson, The Problem of Sexual Molestation by Roman Catholic Clergy (1985)

* Peterson et al., Guidelines (1985)

* Dempsey et al., The Bernardin Report (1992)

* Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, From Pain to Hope (1992)

* Stearns et al., St. Anthony's Seminary Report (1993)

* A.W. Richard Sipe, Preliminary Expert Report (1996)

* Thomas P. Doyle, Memo on Dallas Litigation: Does v. Diocese of Dallas et al. (1996)

* Barbara Susan Balboni, Through the "Lens" of the Organizational Culture Perspective: A Descriptive Study of American Catholic Bishops’ Understanding of Clergy Sexual Molestation and Abuse of Children and Adolescents (1998)

* Barry M. Coldrey, Religious Life Without Integrity: The Sexual Abuse Crisis in the Catholic Church (2000)

* Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, Nolan Report (2001)

* Boston MA - Archdiocesan Delegate's Annual Reports on sexual abuse, secret until Attorney General Reilly discovered them during his investigation - 1994-95, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1999-2000, 2001.

* Hannah McGee, Rebecca Garavan, Mairéad de Barra, Joanne Byrne and Ronán Conroy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland The SAVI Report: Sexual Abuse and Violence in Ireland (Dublin, The Liffey Press in association with Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, April 19, 2002)

* The Holy See and the Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Shadow Report, and Executive Summary, Catholics for a Free Choice, September 2002

* A Survey of Roman Catholic Priests in the United States and Puerto Rico, conducted by the LA Times Poll (June 27 through October 11, 2002)

* Diocesan Task Force on Sexual Misconduct Policy, Manchester Diocesan Task Force Report (2003)

* Report of the Erwin Committee, commissioned by Roger L. Schwietz, archbishop of Anchorage AK (2003)

* Local John Jay Reports (2003-2004)

* Karen Terry et al., The Nature and Scope of the Problem of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests and Deacons in the United States [a.k.a. the "John Jay Report"] (2004)

* Robert S. Bennett et al., A Report on the Crisis in the Catholic Church in the United States [a.k.a. the "Bennett Report"] (2004)

* Sexual Abuse in Social Context: Catholic Clergy and Other Professionals, a special report by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights (2/04)

* Peter Isely and Jim Smith, The Sexual Abuse of Children in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee (2/10/02)

* Ferns Report on the Irish Diocese of Ferns (October 2005)

* Karen Terry et al., The Nature and Scope of the Problem of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests and Deacons in the United States: Supplementary Data Analysis (March 2006)

* Kevin McCoy, Report of Dr Kevin McCoy on Western Health Board Inquiry into Brothers of Charity Services in Galway, November 2007

* Ian Elliott, Report on the Management of Two Child Protection Cases in the Diocese of Cloyne, National Safeguarding Board for Children, Catholic Church in Ireland, June 30, 2008, released December 19, 2008

* The Ryan Report on Irish Residential Institutions (May 20, 2009)

* Thomas P. Doyle, Clergy Sexual Abuse: A Bibliography of Selected Sources Related to Clergy Sexual Abuse (revised August 19, 2009)

* Judge Yvonne Murphy, Ms. Ita Mangan, and Mr. Hugh O'Neill, Commission of Investigation: Report into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin (November 26, 2009)

* Ursula Raue, Bericht über Fälle sexuellen Missbrauchs an Schulen und anderen Einrichtungen des Jesuitenordens (May 27, 2010) [Report on Cases of Sexual Abuse in Schools and Other Facilities of the Jesuit Order] See also a partial English translation.

* Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment (GRACE), Amended Final Report for the Investigatory Review of Child Abuse at New Tribes Fanda Missionary School (August 28, 2010)