ATLANTA (GA)
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
By Shelia M. Poole
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The pope’s personal representative to the United States said Wednesday that the Catholic Church in the U.S. is living in a “particularly challenging period of its history.”
His words underscored the issues being tackled by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which is holding its spring General Assembly in Atlanta.
The gathering of the nation’s top Catholic leaders included discussions of threats to religious liberties and sexual abuse by clergy. …
There were other issues as well. Barbara Blaine, president of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), criticized an update on the child safety policy.
“Where do they get the audacity to claim everything is fine?” she said. “There are so many breeches of their policy. Notice how all their discussions are about dealing with the priests. What about the children?”
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