Notre Dame Forum to Engage Archbishop Scicluna, Vatican Sex Abuse Investigator

By Amanda Skofstad
Notre Dame News
October 31, 2019

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In a continuation of the 2019-20 Notre Dame Forum series, Malta Archbishop Charles Scicluna, adjunct secretary of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, will engage Notre Dame students in a Q&A session at 7 p.m. Nov. 13 (Wednesday) in the Dahnke Ballroom of the Duncan Student Center. Archbishop Scicluna leads the Vatican’s fight against sex abuse, and his visit will be moderated by John Allen, editor-in-chief of Crux.

This event is free and open to the public. Doors will open at 6 p.m., and seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., president of the University of Notre Dame, called for this year’s Forum, “‘Rebuild My Church’: Crisis and Response,” to examine the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church and explore possible reforms. This year’s theme echoes God’s summons to St. Francis of Assisi during a time of Church corruption in the late Middle Ages.

“Notre Dame is honored to host Archbishop Scicluna,” Father Jenkins said. “We look forward to hearing his perspective on the Church’s response to the crisis of clerical sex abuse.”