Media Release – Sunday, November 15, 2015

WASHINGTON (DC)
Catholic Whistleblowers

A coalition of organizations dedicated to the safety of children to call on President Obama and his Administration to convene a national commission to investigate the urgent crisis of sexual abuse of children

One in four girls and one in six boys are sexually abused in the United States before the age of eighteen – it is time to address this epidemic with bold action

Other countries such as Australia and Ireland have courageously faced the scandal of child sexual abuse through national studies, reports, and commissions – it is time for the United States to do the same

What
A press conference and rally announcing the delivery of a letter to President Barack Obama requesting that he convene a “National Commission on Sexual Abuse of Children” which will study and investigate childcare and child welfare institutions, organizations, and agencies in the United States