Sexual Abuse by Clergy of Other Religions and Denominations BishopAccountability.org posts documents and other sources of information on the sexual abuse and financial accountability crisis in the Roman Catholic church. As part of this work, we maintain a database of accused bishops, priests, nuns, and other religious. Accountability begins with a detailed examination of individual cases and ends in legislative reform. We focus on Catholicism because we are Catholics who want to improve the accountability of our own church. But we hope that our approach will encourage others to make information available on abuse in other religions and denominations. Our daily Abuse Tracker provides links to coverage of abuse in other faiths. Below we provide a sample of those sources. Sex crimes are committed by clergy in every religion and denomination. Many more boys and girls are victimized by family members and family friends. Statute of limitations reform and other civil remedies must take account of this larger context.

We urge you to support the work of websites dedicated to revealing the truth about sexual abuse in other faiths: The Awareness Center for the Jewish Communities; Pokrov.org for the Orthodox Churches; silentlambs.org for the Jehovah's Witnesses; and StopBaptistPredators.org for the Southern Baptist Convention. They need your help.

Baptists

- StopBaptistPredators.org
- Official Website of the Southern Baptist Convention
- Baptists' Traditions Make It Hard to Oust Sex-Abusing Clergy, by Terry Mattingly, Knoxville News-Sentinel (June 22, 2002)
- No More Church Secrets about Sex Abuse, by Christa Brown, Dallas Morning News (April 28, 2006)
- Investigation Urged into Child Sexual Abuse in the Baptist Church, by Rose French, Associated Press (February 23, 2007)


Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)

- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- State of Utah V. Warren Steed Jeffs - Court Filings, State of Utah (October 31, 2007)
- Polygamist Leader Warren Jeffs Sentenced to 5 Years to Life, Associated Press (November 20, 2007)
- 25th Annual Fordham Debate: Polygamy, video of a debate between Marci Hamilton and Kirk Torgensen, Utah's Chief Deputy Attorney General (October 22, 2008)


Episcopal and Anglican Churches

- Episcopal Church
- Anglican Communion
- Episcopal Diocese Releases Timeline Chronicling Claims of Sexual Abuse, by Eileen E. Flynn, American-Statesman (September 8, 2007)
- Episcopal Bishop Suspended, by David O'Reilly, Philadelphia Inquirer (November 2, 2007)
- Bishop in Sex Case Contends 1970s Were Different, by David O’Reilly, Philadelphia Inquirer (June 12, 2008)

Jehovah's Witnesses

- silentlambs.org
- Authorized Site of the Office of Public Information of Jehovah's Witnesses
- Jehovah's Witnesses' Policy on Child Molesters Attacked: Church Says It Follows Laws on Reporting Suspected Abuse, by Peter Smith, Courier-Journal (February 4, 2001)
- Suffer the Little Children, by Betsan Powys, BBC Panorama (July 14, 2002)


Jewish Communities

- The Awareness Center
- Un-Orthodox Jews
- On the Rabbi's Knee, by Robert Kolker, New York Magazine (May 15, 2006)
- Black Hat Meets Blog, by Jennifer Friedlin, Jewish Week (May 25, 2006)
- Silence of the Lam: Accused of Sexually Abusing Young Boys, a Brooklyn Rabbi Lit for Israel 22 Years Ago, by Kristen Lombardi, Village Voice (July 25, 2006)
- Child Sex Abuse Case Still Haunts, by Roxanna Sherwood, ABC News (October 11, 2006)
- In the Basement, Behind a Closed Door, by Aviva Lori, Haaretz (November 15, 2007)
- No Sex Charge for Kolko: Boys' Parents Foiled by DA, by Hella Winston and Larry Cohler-Esses, Jewish Week (April 15, 2008)

Orthodox Churches

- Pokrov.org
- Two Arrests Signal a Giant Step Forward for the Civil Rights Movement for Children, by Marci Hamilton, Find Law (September 7, 2006)
- Insider's Statement Accuses Blanco Monks, by Zeke MacCormack, Express-News (April 8, 2007)