News and Media Releases - Fr Tom Doyle USA

Contributor: Project Worker Source: Voice of the Faithful Newsletter Posted: 13-1-2006 January 5, 2006 The institutional Catholic Church has suffered immeasurable harm since the revelation of clergy sexual abuse surfaced more than twenty years ago. The harm should not be measured in terms of financial loss through costs related to individual cases. It is measured in the scandalous realization that Church members, including hierarchy, clergy and lay, placed the image, power and financial security of the institution well before the emotional and spiritual welfare of those harmed by the abuse. Website: SUPPORT FOR CHANGES IN STATE LEGISLATION RELATIVE TO SEXUAL ABUSE: SOME ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

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