Clergy Sexual Abuse Resources
In an effort to continue healing the wounds from this crisis, we offer the following resources from our worldwide Catholic community to help those in need of support. The articles and videos below are a sampling of resources available to everyone.
USCCB Parish Bulletin Inserts
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Overview of Victim Assistance COordinators
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Knights of Columbus: Protecting our Children (video)
Parishioner Resources
Resources for recognizing and reporting sexual abuse
- Archdiocese of Newark Office of Child and Youth Protection
- Archdiocese of Newark Special Report: Promise to Protect...Pledge to Heal
- Archdiocese of Newark Special Report: Promise to Protect...Pledge to Heal (Spanish)
- "Sex Abuse: What Parents, Teachers, and Principals Can Do and How to Talk with Children" (Catholic Schools Office)
- Summary of the 2002 Memorandum of Understanding between NJ Dioceses and Law Enforcement
- Memorandum of Understanding for the Archdiocese of Newark
- USCCB Abuse Prevention Resources
Prayerful Responses to the clergy sex abuse crisis
Liturgical resources for parishes
- Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions Liturgies and Prayers
- General Intercession for Sunday Masses: “For young people and our most vulnerable that they remain safe and protected, and for those survivors of abuse whether by power or violence, especially by the clergy who have not lived up to their call to holiness. Let us pray to the Lord.”
Resources for priests and parish staff to understand sexual abuse
- Reflection on Scriptural Sources for Renewal by Bishop Robert Barron
- Responding to the Abuse Crisis as Committed Disciples by Sr. Sara Butler
- Theological Lessons of the Abuse Crisis by Sr. Mary Timothy Prokes
- Reflections for Evangelizers In These Difficult Days For Our Church by Fr. Frank DeSiano, CSP