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The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests Opinions
& Editorials Select essays from around the nation
A Diocese in Bankruptcy, San Diego Tribune, March 2, 2007 Victims of long-ago abuse deserve their day in court, Maine Sunday Telegram, February 18, 2007 Anniversaries Not Needed for Those Who Lived Abuse Crisis, Duluth News Tribune, January 26, 2007 5 Years Later: Unanswered Questions Linger, Boston Globe, Jan. 7, 2007 Cardinal George Should Discipline Priest for Suing His Accusers, Daily Southtown, IL, December 7, 2006 Los Angeles: Settling to Hide the Truth, December 5, 2006 Stop Pedophile Priests Who are Fleeing from Justice, Dallas Morning News, November 6, 2006 From Sacristy to Lockup, New York Times, September 12, 2006 Justice for Abused Children, the Times of Trenton, NJ, August 11, 2006 Editorial: Where, Sadly, the Buck Stops, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 19, 2006 Editorial: Belleville Diocese Notified of Priest's Arrival, Belleville News-Democrat, June 3, 2006 A Note to New Joliet, IL Bishop, Chicago Tribune, May 17, 2006 No More Church Secrets About Sex Abuse, Dallas Morning News, April 28, 2006 Extend Window of Justice for Sex Abuse, Denver Post, February 13, 2006 The Problem That Hasn't Gone Away, Daily Southtown, IL, February 12, 2006 The
Evil that Lurks Undetected A Path to Justice, New York Times, January 18, 2006 How Can Vatican Think Inner Conflict Makes a Priest Safer?, Chicago Tribune, December 11, 2005 The Stonewalling Shepherd, New York Times, October 14, 2005 Before Retiring, Wisconsin Bishop Should Disclose All Abuse, Duluth NewsTribune, October 9, 2005 Real Reparation Must Dig Deeper, Philadelphia Inquirer, October 9, 2005 A Catholic Moment of Truth, Boston Globe, October 3, 2005 A Ridiculous Defense, Philadelphia Daily News, September 23, 2005 Sell Art, and Keep Parishes Open, Boston Globe, July 9, 2005 Call Hearings on Abuse, Senator Santorum, July 22, 2005 Milwaukee: Justice for Abuse Victims, June 9, 2005 In California, More Than Acts of Contrition, Los Angeles Times, May 26, 2005 In Maryland, More Hurdles for Those Seeking Justice, Baltimore Sun, March 31, 2005 Abusers Find Ways to Justify Their Actions, Dayton Daily News, February 25, 2005 Games Bishops Play: Why Texas DA Should Be Wary, Dallas Morning News, February 16, 2005 SHANLEY VERDICT: YES. Verdict gives other victims the courage to come forward, Knight-Ridder Newspapers, February 13, 2005 SHANLEY VERDICT: NO. Reasonable doubt ignored by jury tarnishes any victory, Knight-Ridder Newspapers, February 13, 2005 Rod Dreher: Where's the Rage, Catholic Men?, Dallas Morning News, February 8, 2005 Shepherds Finessing Their Flock, New York Times, December 13, 2004 The Obligation to Report Abuse, The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal, December 8, 2004 Church's Lingering Scandal, San Frandicso Chronicle, November 16, 2004 Juries, Not Technicalities, Are Way to Settle Suits, The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, November 6, 2004 Bishops Will Do Whatever It Takes to Win, by Mark Serrano, Daily Record- NJ, November 4, 2004 So Bishop Dupre is Gone; What Now?, by Barbara Blaine, October 26, 2004 California Diocese Should Settle, Orange County (CA) Register, October 25, 2004 A Better Solution for Bishop Hubbard, by David Clohessy, October 11, 2004 Hear Their Voices, New York Times Editorial, September 19, 2004 Rome's New Cardinal Sin, by Eileen McNamara, Boston Globe, May 30, 2004 Atlanta Archdiocese Must Ensure that Sex Abuse Hasn't a Prayer, Atlanta-Journal Constitution, April 21, 2004 A Moral Challenge for All Catholics, by James Carroll, Boston Globe, March 2, 2004 Old Myths, New Myths, by Barbara Blaine, February 27, 2004 The Bishops' So-Called "Audit", by David Clohessy and Barbara Blaine, Feb. 25, 2004 Moral Authority Missing, Boston Herald, February 13, 2004 No Faith in Church's System, Newsday, February 13, 2004 Response of Fr. Thomas Doyle to USCCB Audit Report, January 6, 2004 Success of New Hampshire diocese's abuse policy depends on strong enforcement, Editorial, Nashua Telegraph, December 31, 2003 The Never-Ending Scandal, Editorial-Orange County Register, October 20, 2003 The Last Straw - Quitting the Bishop's Review Board, by Frank Keating, Crisis Magazine, October 1, 2003 A Better Clergy Abuse Bill, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 21, 2003 Prisoners
of Hate, by Ted Conover, New York Times,
August 28, 2003 Despite Tradition, NH Bishop Must Go, Manchester Union-Leader, July 30, 2003 Yes, Someone Behaved Responsibly in Boston, By Joe Feuerherd, National Catholic Reporter, July 24, 2003 Focus of Clergy Sex Abuse Crisis Should Remain on the Victims, By Peter E. Hutchins, Esq. - July 2, 2003 Openness Would Bring Credibility Back to Church, by Mark Serrano, Daily Record of Morris Cty., NJ, June 29, 2003 Church's Victims Abused Again by High Court, By Steve Lopez - LA Times, June 27, 2003 A Tough Rap to Shake,By Eileen McNamara, Boston Globe Columnist, June 18, 2003 Phoenix DA Misses Chance to Make a Difference, by David Clohessy, June 7, 2003 Hearing
No Evil, Albany Times Union, May 22, 2003 Problem Priests - Out of the 16th century, St Louis Post-Dispatch, April 3, 2003 This Church Won't Budge, By Eileen McNamara, The Boston Globe, April 2, 2003 Cardinal Egan Stiffs Keating Commission, by Eugene Kennedy, Catholic News Service, January 29, 2003 Fault is not Cardinal Law's alone, By Eileen McNamara, Boston Globe, January 15, 2003 A Catholic Crisis, Bestowed From Above, by Paul Dinter, The New York Times, January 1, 2003 Acquittal of Stokes is a Case of Moral - Not Legal - Justice - by Gregory Kane, The Baltimore Sun, December 21, 2002 For Catholic Faithful, a Rift Widens - By Eileen McNamara, Boston Globe, December 22, 2002 Boston's Rebel Priests, By Mary McGrory, The Washington Post, December 19, 2002 After the Cardinal Goes , Washington Post Editorial, December 14, 2002 The Church and Chapter 11, New York Times Editorial, December 5, 2002 Conscientious Objections: Priest calls on brethren to do right thing, by Fr. Thomas Doyle, Boston Herald, November 17, 2002
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