BOSTON (MA)
WBUR Radio
March 8, 2019
By Laney Ruckstuhl
In the wake of last month’s landmark Vatican summit on clergy sexual abuse, Cardinal Sean O’Malley has announced an anonymous reporting system for misconduct complaints against church leaders of the Archdiocese of Boston.
O’Malley says the archdiocese will utilize the existing web-based and hotline system EthicsPoint, which is currently used for reporting concerns of financial misconduct. The updated system will be “exclusively for the reporting of misconduct by a Cardinal, Bishop or Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston,” O’Malley says.
O’Malley made the announcement in his Lenten letter, noting that this year’s observance is of “particular significance” following the summit, where he served as president of the Pontifical Commission for Protection of Minors.
To conclude the summit, Pope Francis called for an “all-out battle” on clergy sex abuse. But the summit has been criticized by some for its lack of substantive action against sexual abuse. The cardinal says “people are anxious to see concrete results.”
The letter says reports through EthicsPoint will be sent to members of O’Malley’s Independent Review Board, who are required to “immediately notify law enforcement for claims of abuse.”
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