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.
* 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)
* 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)
* 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)