Card. O’ Malley on EU Day against Child Sexual Abuse
“We cannot repair what we do not recognize. We cannot restore a broken trust if we do not address the heart of the matter. This requires honest investigation, independent inquiry, and informed action.” The President of the Pontifical Commission for the...
Italy joins growing number of churches to observe national Day of Prayer for Victims of Clerical Child Sex Abuse
The 1st National Day of Prayer for Victims and Survivors of Abuse takes place across Italy’s diocese on November 18. Bishop Lorenzo Ghizzoni of Ravenna-Cervia and President of the National Service for the Protection of Minors, explains that this is “an occasion...
Card. O’ Malley: Verification of Safeguarding policies key factor of accountability
On Thursday November 4, Tutela Minorum President Cardinal Sean O’ Malley addressed participants in a study convention presenting the results of Project SAFE. Sponsored by the European Union the project focused on promoting child safeguarding in three Italian...
Letter to Seminarians
The following letter and introduction from the President of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors is available in the original Italian. In questo tempo di rinnovamento e conversione pastorale in cui la Chiesa affronta lo scandalo e le ferite degli...
Card. O’ Malley’s Address to Churches in Central and Eastern Europe
“Honest assessment of our failures gives the Church the insights needed for the ongoing work of doing all that is possible to prevent further abuse.”