NASHVILLE (TN)
The Tennessean
September 11, 2018
By Holly Meyer
Donna Harper is the mother of a survivor of priest abuse, but she still has faith in the Catholic Church.
The Nashville native wants to do her part to protect children in her diocese and help other victims and their families overcome some of that animosity she knows well.
So, Harper said yes more than 15 years ago when then-Nashville Bishop Edward Kmiec asked her to join the diocese’s review board. At the time, the church was putting the panels in place at dioceses across the U.S. as part of the Catholic Church’s response to its national clergy sex abuse crisis.
Today, new allegations of abuse and cover-up are once again shaking the global church, putting its measures for child protection and leadership accountability under the microscope.
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