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Child Abuse Prevention Month: Opening the Door to Healing and Recovery

The first response that a survivor of childhood sexual abuse receives when revealing what happened to him or her is crucial for opening the door toward healing. “I believe you.” “It is not your fault.” “I am sorry that happened to you.” Statistics tell us one out of every four girls,
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April 04, 2017
by Hill
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Child Abuse Prevention Month, clergy abuse, clergy sex abuse, sex abuse, support for survivors, victim assistance

Messages children hear in safe environment programs

As schools launch a new academic year, millions of children also are set to learn the ABC’s of child protection. In Catholic schools and parishes nationwide,safe environment training gives children the skills necessary to protect themselves from would be-offenders. Mary Jane Doerr, as
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August 09, 2010
by Hill
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child abuse, child protection, clergy sex abuse, sex abuse, sex abuse victims

Pope apologizes for abuse, says priests called to bring God to world

Pope Benedict XVI said the Year for Priests might have been ruined by the clerical sex abuse scandal, but instead became a “summons to purification” in the church. Concelebrating Mass June 11 with some 15,000 priests, the pope said that “the enemy,” Satan, want
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June 11, 2010
by Hill
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apology, child abuse, child protection, clergy sex abuse, pope benedict, protecting children, sex abuse, sex abuse victims

The pope and sex abuse, setting the record straight

In a series of articles published in the New York Times and reprinted locally in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, allegations have been made questioning how the Church in Europe – and Pope Benedict XVI specifically – responded to accusations of clergy sexual misconduct with minors in the
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April 14, 2010
by Hill
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clergy sex abuse, europe, pope benedict, sex abuse, sex abuse victims, victim assistance

Ten points for protecting children

The Catholic bishops’ expert on preventing clergy abuse of minors, Teresa Kettelkamp, offered ten tips for child safely to mark Child Abuse Prevention Month. During April, child protection staff in dioceses nationwide reexamine and publicize efforts for child protection. This has been
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April 14, 2010
by Hill
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abuse prevention, child abuse, child abuse reporting, clergy sex abuse, protecting children, sex abuse, sex abuse victims, victim assistance

Pennsylvanians named to Bishops’ child & youth protection National Review Board

Mike Clark, a Pittsburgh TV news anchor, and Antoine M. Garibaldi, Ph.D., president of Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania, have been named to the National Review Board for three-year terms beginning June 1. In addition, Stephen A. Zappala Jr., Pennsylvania’s Allegheny Count
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June 02, 2009
by Hill
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child abuse, child protection, children, clergy sex abuse, sex abuse, youth

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