UNITED STATES
The Tablet (UK)
12 November 2015 by Sean Smith, CNS
The US church still stands ready to help the victims of clergy sexual abuse, according to the head of the US Bishops’ Committee on Child and Youth Protection.
Bishop Edward J. Burns of Juneau, Alaska, said that the new film about abuse in Boston in 2002 still rightly shine a spotlight on the errors that the church in America has made, and will keep them working to make it right.
“Victims of abuse have helped us see the errors of the past,” Bishop Burns told the Catholic News Service. “It’s important that we assist them in the healing process.
“We express our gratitude for the way they’ve called us to look at ourselves, and see that there is a need to change, to be contrite, and to assist in the healing process. It’s important that we continue to work together in order to be sure that there is a safe environment within the church, and that we never grow lax in assuring that all our children are safe.”
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