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http://www.boston.com/globe/spotlight/abuse/

» Abuse in the Catholic Church
Hub for articles and documents about the sexual abuse of children by priests and its effect on the Catholic Church. From the Boston Globe.
http://www.boston.com/globe/spotlight/abuse/

» BishopAccountability.org
Documents the abuse crisis in the Roman Catholic church with archives of past court cases and survivor accounts.
http://www.bishopaccountability.org/

» Clergy Abuse Tracker
A digest of links to media coverage of clergy abuse.
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=46

» Keep Your Eyes on Jesus
A layman's guide to surviving the sex scandals in the Catholic Church.
http://www.hsma.net/newsletter/keepyoureyesonjesus.htm

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/letters/2002/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_20020321_priests-holy-thursday_en.html

» Letter to Priests for Holy Thursday 2002
From Pope John Paul II, includes apology for the abuse crimes within the clergy.
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/letters/2002/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_20020321_priests-holy-thursday_en.html

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/religion/jan-june02/priests_3-13.html

» Online NewsHour: Church in Turmoil
PBS transcript of a report on the abuse scandals and reported cover-ups within the Catholic Church.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/religion/jan-june02/priests_3-13.html

http://www.usccb.org/comm/restoretrust.shtml

» Restoring Trust
Proposals, policy statements, opinion pieces, and other documents related to sexual abuse by clergy, from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
http://www.usccb.org/comm/restoretrust.shtml

http://www.rcab.org/News/releases/2003-2002/sexualAbuseStatement.html

» Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Sexual Abuse Statement
Official statement on the issue of sexual abuse of minors by clergy.
http://www.rcab.org/News/releases/2003-2002/sexualAbuseStatement.html

» Sexual Abuse by Catholic Priests
Links to recent news stories involving abuse by the clergy.
http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/sexabuse.htm

» Speak Truth to Power
Group protesting Catholic church's mismanagement of sexual abuse crisis. Offers activism resources.
http://www.sttop.org/

http://www.npr.org/news/specials/priests/

» The Catholic Church and Sex Abuse
News archive covering the Catholic Church's handling of child sex abuse cases involving priests and other church officials. At National Public Radio.
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/priests/

http://www.americancatholic.org/News/ClergySexAbuse/

» The Catholic Church and Sexual Abuse by Priests
A look at the crisis over sex abuse by Catholic clergy, with backgrounders, breaking news, opinion.
http://www.americancatholic.org/News/ClergySexAbuse/

» The Second Temptation of Christ
Speculates on the root cause of the sex scandals in the Catholic Church.
http://bill.laudeman.com/Rome/index.html

» Unholy Acts
1993 essay published in the New Yorker about how an incident of sexual misconduct by a priest affected a small Catholic church in Massachusetts. By Paul Wilkes.
http://www.somis.org/unholy__acts.htm