Rachel Zoll RIP An Anthology of Journalism on Catholic Clergy Abuse May 7, 2021 Rachel Zoll, ace religion writer at The Associated Press for 17 years, passed away on April 7, 2021. Below is a sample of her reporting on the Catholic clergy abuse crisis. Los Angeles Archdiocese Reports on Seven Decades of Abuse Claims, by Rachel Zoll, Associated Press (February 17, 2004) Evaluation of American Seminaries Gets Under Way, by Rachel Zoll, Associated Press (September 29, 2005) Gay Priests Conflicted As Church Leaders Set to Discuss Restrictions, by Rachel Zoll, Associated Press (November 13, 2005) Experts: Abusers Think They're Innocent, by Rachel Zoll, Associated Press (October 20, 2006) Questions Linger about L.A. Cardinal, by Rachel Zoll, Associated Press (July 21, 2007) Pope Benedict XVI Working to Clean up Priesthood, by Rachel Zoll, Associated Press (April 19, 2008) Catholic Bishops Warned in '50s on Abusive Priests, by Rachel Zoll, Associated Press (March 30, 2009) Analysis: Abuse Crisis in Europe Much like US 2002, by Rachel Zoll, Associated Press (April 5, 2010) Catholic Church's "Zero Tolerance" Doesn't Apply to Bishops Who Left Abusers in Ministry, by Rachel Zoll, Associated Press (May 10, 2010) American Nuns Say Questions Not Defiance, by Rachel Zoll, Associated Press (June 19, 2012) Clergy Sex Abuse Victims Raise Legal Questions about Retired Pope, by Rachel Zoll, Associated Press (March 5, 2013) Former Rochester MN Priest Admits to Abuse in Deposition, by Rachel Zoll, Associated Press (June 12, 2014) Cardinal Egan, Former Bridgeport Bishop, Dies at 82, by Rachel Zoll, Associated Press (March 5, 2015) Cardinal Law, Central Figure in Church Abuse Scandal, Dies, by Rachel Zoll, Associated Press (December 20, 2017)

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