SAINT PAUL (MN)
Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis [Minnesota]
July 28, 2025
By Lucy Huh and Terence McKiernan
Date: Monday, July 28
Start Time: 6:30 p.m. Central / 7:30 p.m. Eastern / 5:30 p.m. Pacific
End Time: 8 p.m.
Location: Registration for Virtual Presentation
This presentation examines the widespread, yet underreported phenomenon of emotional, spiritual and sexual abuse perpetrated against Catholic sisters and nuns in religious orders. Drawing on survivor testimonies, institutional documents and recent investigations, this presentation will explore the power imbalances, cultures of silence and inadequate accountability mechanisms that have enabled this abuse to persist across centuries and continents.
TERENCE MCKIERNAN founded BishopAccountability.org in 2003 and is the organization’s president. He was a project leader of Gender, Sex and Power at Notre Dame’s Cushwa Center 2020-2022. Terry and BishopAccountability.org received the 2023 Distinguished Service Award from the American Catholic Historical Association.
LUCY HUH is a Ph.D. candidate at Baylor University’s Diana R. Garland School of Social Work. Her research examines clergy sexual exploitation of adults, with a particular focus on developing preventative measures through legislative and institutional reform. She has worked directly in safeguarding efforts for the Catholic Church and serves on the board of directors at Awake. Her scholarship and commentary have been published in various outlets including America Magazine.
For more information contact: Paula Kaempffer at kaempfferp@archspm.org
Coordinator for Restorative Practices & Survivor Support
Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
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