The late Robert Bennett, a high-profile Washington attorney and founding member of the U.S. bishops' National Review Board on clergy sex abuse, was remembered at his Sept. 17 funeral Mass for "his devotion to his family and to the care of his
Francesco Cesareo recently ended an eight-year stint as chairman of the National Review Board, a lay committee that advises the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on addressing clergy sex abuse. In an interview with Our Sunday Visitor, Cesareo says the Catholic Church
More than 4,400 allegations of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy were reported during the year ending June 30, 2019, a significant jump from the previous auditing period, according to a report on diocesan and eparchial compliance with the U.S. bishops'