Catholic church abuse survivors launch effort to end impunity of bishops

GENEVA
The Associated Press

June 7, 2018

Some of the most prominent figures in the fight against sexual abuse in the Catholic Church are joining forces in a new international effort to end abuse and the impunity of bishops and religious superiors who enable it.

The multinational initiative, End Clergy Abuse, was announced Thursday in Geneva. One after another, more than a dozen members of the new organization held up their national flags and denounced a bishop who they said had botched an abuse case.

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