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Abuse in the Confessional: Understanding the Gifts and Risks of the Sacrament of Penance
Terence McKiernan, founder and co-director of Bishopaccountability.org, is currently writing a book about confession, including its history in the Church and influence in broader culture. The book also considers what McKiernan calls “the horror of confessional abuse” and what survivor stories can tell us about the risk of harm in this sacrament.
Case of Prominent Jesuit Highlights Church Failures Around Abuse of Adults
The case of Fr. Marko Rupnik, a prominent Jesuit priest who has been accused of sexual and spiritual abuse of religious women, suggests that the Church hierarchy remains unwilling to take the abuse of adults seriously. Rupnik, 68,…