From April 8-10 2021, Harvard, in collaboration with TutelaMinorum, held its global symposium entitled “Faith and Flourishing: Strategies for Preventing and Healing Childhood Sexual Abuse.” Over these three days of dialogue and discussion, more than 2,000 individuals from around the world, including religious leaders from various faith communtiies, specialists and academics in multiple fields, and lay people from all walks of life tuned in to participate in this inaugural event. Videos of keynote addresses for each of these days along with other key presentations can be found below.
April 8: Day 1 #
Opening Blessings: Cardinal Sean O’Malley, President of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
Keynote Address: Dr. Denis Mukwege, 2018 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Benyam Dawit Mezmur, LLD, Member of the UN Commitee on the Rights of the Child and Member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
Julie Inman-Grant, MA, Australian eSafety Commissioner
April 9: Day 2 #
Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago
Reverend Hans Zollner, S.J.President for the Centre for Child Protection for Pontifical Gregorian University and Member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
April 10: Day 3 #
Michael Wessells, PhD, Program on Forced Migration and Health at Columbia University
