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Students, adults plant pinwheels during abuse prevention service

A new crop of silver and blue pinwheels bloomed under a cloudless blue sky April 25 at the Healing Garden of the Archdiocese of Chicago, next to the Church of the Holy Family, 1080 W. Roosevelt Road.

Students gather to pray for an end to child abuse

More than 100 students from seven archdiocesan schools stood under a clear blue sky April 27 to pray for an end to child abuse at the 12th annual Pinwheels for Prevention prayer service at the archdiocese’s Healing Garden, 1080 W. Roosevelt Road.

Pope issues updated ‘Vos Estis’ text for handling abuse cases

Pope Francis has updated the procedures for investigating allegations of sexual abuse or of the cover up of abuse, specifying that the leaders of Vatican-recognized international Catholic lay associations and movements have the same responsibilities over their members that a bishop has over the priests of his diocese.

Cardinal Cupich contributes to international child safety symposium

The Archdiocese of Chicago has been a leader in preventing clerical sexual abuse of minors and reaching out to victims, Cardinal Cupich said in an online presentation that was part of the Symposium on Faith and Flourishing: Strategies for Preventing and Healing Child Sexual Abuse, hosted by Harvard University’s Human Flourishing program.

Vatican releases guide on how leaders must handle abuse allegations

The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released a 17-page document offering a step-by-step guide for how bishops, religious superiors and canon lawyers are supposed to handle accusations of alleged abuse by clerics against minors.

Shareholders push U.S. telecom firms to tackle online child sexual abuse

Online child sexual abuse is a booming international business and religious congregations holding stocks in major telecom firms are stepping up their advocacy to thwart it.

Decades-old clerical abuse documents made public

The documents concerning 30 archdiocesan priests who have been accused of abusing minors at various times during the last half century were made public on Jan. 21 by Jeffrey Anderson, a lawyer representing several of the abuse survivors. All of the documents relate to cases that date back many years, in some cases, decades. Ninety-five percent of the misconduct occurred prior to 1988. Today no priest with even one substantiated allegation of sexual abuse of a minor serves in ministry in the Archdiocese of Chicago.

Meet those who care for victims of abuse

When Jan Slattery was first asked to head up the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Office for Protection of Children and Youth in 2003 she said no.

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