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How Law and Lawyers Help Hide and Uncover the Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis

This dialogue asked how law and lawyers have both positively and negatively addressed a crisis of sexual abuse and of leadership in the Catholic Church. It explored issues of protection and accountability, legal responsibility and representation, and the role of public bodies and Church institutions. The dialogue explored lessons learned and directions forward with a former prosecutor, an advocate of victims and survivors, a journalist critical of both the Church and the Pennsylvania grand jury report, and a survivor of clergy sexual abuse. Read More