Listen: How should the Catholic Church address the sex abuse scandal?

Houston Chronicle
January 29, 2019

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The steeple for Sacred Heart Catholic Church's new 1,500 seat sanctuary and chapel rises into place, Wednesday, April 4, 2018, in Conroe. The parish, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2016, is scheduled to open its new buildings in Octomber 2018.

Decades in, scandal involving pedophile priests and elaborate coverups still festers within the Catholic Church like an open wound.

Law enforcement officials recently raided the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston for evidence on a Conroe priest accused of abuse. To understand why scandal persists and what should be done to fully address it, we talk to Anastasiya Zavyalova, assistant professor at Rice Business School who specializes in reputation management of organizations in crisis.

From Tylenol to VW, companies face controversies that can destroy them if not handled properly. Find out how the horrifying pattern of child abuse within the Catholic Church affects victims, the faithful and individual parishes and why it's is an exceptional crisis in desperate need of resolution.