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Column

Not So Sorry: What Makes an Apology Worthwhile?

September 6, 2023Kaya Oakes

Do apologies for clergy abuse offered by the Catholic church and Southern Baptist Convention do anything to instill trust?

Series

Catholic Gothic Horror and the Monsters in Our Midst

June 14, 2022Kathleen Holscher

The final installment in our three-part series comparing Catholic horror films and novels to actual horrors committed by the...

Series

Exorcists, Abusers, and When Catholic History is Horror

May 10, 2022Matthew J. Cressler

Part two of a three-part series comparing Catholic horror films and novels to actual horrors committed by the Catholic...

Series

Catholic Monstrosities, Priests, and Supernatural Dread

April 7, 2022Jack Lee Downey

Part one of a three-part series comparing Catholic horror films and literature to actual horrors committed by the Catholic...

From the Archive

From the Archive: On Forgiveness, Clergy Abuse, and the Need for New Understandings

February 3, 2022Kaya Oakes

In anticipation of Oakes’ column “Not So Sorry” debuting next month, we are revisiting her award-winning article from 2020...

Excerpt

American Catholic Studies: Forum on Catholic Sex Abuse and the Study of Religion

March 2, 2020Matthew Cressler, Julie Byrne

What do scholars of Catholicism have to say about the abuse crisis?

Perspective

On Forgiveness, Clergy Abuse, and the Need for New Understandings

March 2, 2020Kaya Oakes

What should survivors do when the Church asks them for forgiveness?

Perspective

Black Catholics, Racism, and the Sex Abuse Crisis: A Personal Reflection

March 2, 2020Tia Noelle Pratt

Discussions of the Catholic sex abuse crisis that do not consider race are incomplete.

Feature

Priests That Moved: Catholicism, Colonized Peoples, and Sex Abuse in the U.S. Southwest

March 2, 2020Kathleen Holscher

How should we understand the higher rates of clergy sexual abuse in dioceses with large Native American populations?

Feature

The Problem with Spotlights: Rethinking Our Response to Clergy Sexual Abuse

March 2, 2020Brian Clites

Americans repeatedly ask new waves of Catholic survivors to come forward, only to abandon them.

Editor's Letter

Special Issue Editor's Letter: Religion & Sex Abuse Within and Beyond the Catholic Church

March 2, 2020Brett Krutzsch

If we are going to understand this pervasive problem and change our culture, we must address this issue directly.

In the News

In the News: Migration, Antisemitism, Climate Change & Vampires

November 16, 2018

A roundup of recent religion writing.

Showing articles in "Catholic sex abuse"

Not So Sorry: What Makes an Apology Worthwhile?

Catholic Gothic Horror and the Monsters in Our Midst

Exorcists, Abusers, and When Catholic History is Horror

Catholic Monstrosities, Priests, and Supernatural Dread

From the Archive: On Forgiveness, Clergy Abuse, and the Need for New Understandings

American Catholic Studies: Forum on Catholic Sex Abuse and the Study of Religion

On Forgiveness, Clergy Abuse, and the Need for New Understandings

Black Catholics, Racism, and the Sex Abuse Crisis: A Personal Reflection

Priests That Moved: Catholicism, Colonized Peoples, and Sex Abuse in the U.S. Southwest

The Problem with Spotlights: Rethinking Our Response to Clergy Sexual Abuse

Special Issue Editor's Letter: Religion & Sex Abuse Within and Beyond the Catholic Church

In the News: Migration, Antisemitism, Climate Change & Vampires

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