Catholics will gather at the Cathedral of St. Andrew in Little Rock on Sunday to pray for survivors of child sexual abuse.

Bishop Anthony Taylor will lead the Mass for Hope and Healing, which is held each April in Arkansas in conjunction with National Child Abuse Prevention Month.

The Little Rock diocese’s Safe Environment Office sponsors the event, which begins at 5:30 p.m.

Deacon Matthew Glover, the diocese’s chancellor for canonical affairs, said Taylor has been involved with the Mass for Hope and Healing since its inception in 2017.

“Anybody who’s been Catholic for any period of time knows the kind of impact that this crisis and scandal has had,” Glover said. “This Mass is at least an attempt toward the spiritual healing, primarily of victim survivors, but also, of course, the church as a whole, even those who were not direct victims of abuse by clergy.”

In 2018, Taylor…