Articles
Child Protection Resources: Archive

September 2010: Following is a listing of all articles which have been posted on this website's Child Protection Resources page.

August, 2010
Archibishop Holds Forums on Sex Abuse by Effie Caldarola
Source: Catholic Anchor newspaper
http://catholicanchor.org/wordpress/?p=795

July, 2010
Questions and Answers Regarding the Canonical Process for the Resolution of Allegations of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Priests and Deacons
Source: USCCB
www.usccb.org/comm/q&a-canonical-process-sexual-abuse.pdf

June, 2010
Twelve Things the Bishops Have Learned From the Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis by Bishop Blase Cupick
Source: America Magazine
www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=12272

May, 2010
Implementation of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People
Source: USCCB 2009 Annual Report
www.usccb.org/ocyp/annual_report2009.shtml

April, 2010
Victimization of Children by David Finkelhor
www.kids-forum.org/DFvortrag.html

March, 2010
Magisterial Teachings on the Protection of God's Children
Source: USCCB Office of Child and Youth Protection
http://usccb.org/ocyp/magisterial-teachings-child-sexual-abuse.pdf

February, 2010
U.S. Prelate: Church Doing More to Keep Children Safe
Source: ZENIT – Vatican News Agency
www.zenit.org/article-27580?l=english

January, 2010
Prevention of Abuse through Educational Programs Directed towards Children by David Finkelhor
Source: University of New Hampshire Department of Sociology
www.unh.edu/ccrc/pdf/CV170.pdf

December, 2009
Professional Counseling, Reformed Attitudes Work to Heal Hurts by Robert Delaney
Source: USCCB Office of Child and Youth Protection
http://www.usccb.org/ocyp/WorktoHealHurts-Delaney.pdf

November, 2009
Preventing and Identifying Sexual Abuse by John Gehring
Source: USCCB Office of Child and Youth Protection
http://www.usccb.org/ocyp/PreventingandIdentifyingAbuse-Gehring.pdf

October, 2009
Learning from Clergy Abuse of Minors Scandal Can Help Others by Joseph Young
Source: USCCB Office of Child and Youth Protection
http://www.usccb.org/ocyp/LearningfromScandal-Young.pdf

September, 2009
Seminary Screening Early Step for Healthy Priesthood by Emilie Lemmons
Source: USCCB Office of Child and Youth Protection
http://www.usccb.org/ocyp/SeminaryScreening-Lemmons.pdf

August, 2009
Child Sexual Abuse in the United States: Problems, Progress by Kate Blain
Source: USCCB Office of Child and Youth Protection
http://www.usccb.org/ocyp/ProblemsProgress-Blain.pdf

July, 2009
Clergy as Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse and Neglect
Source: Child Welfare Information Gateway
http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/statutes/clergymandated.cfm

June, 2009
On Carrying a Scandal Biblically by Ronald Rolheiser, OMI
Source: Praesidium Religious Services
http://www.ronrolheiser.com/pdfs/scandal.pdf

May, 2009
2008 Annual Report on the Implementation of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People
Source: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
http://www.usccb.org/ocyp/audit_report_2008t.pdf

April, 2009
Child Sexual Abuse: An Old Problem Just Discovered by Anne LeVeque
Source: USCCB Office of Child and Youth Protection
http://usccb.org/ocyp/capmonth/leveque_anne.pdf

March, 2009
Growth in Transparency Marks Church by Joe Towalski
Source: USCCB Office of Child and Youth Protection
http://www.usccb.org/ocyp/GrowthinTransparency-Towalski.pdf

February, 2009
Church Still Challenged to Deal with Clerical Abuse of Minors by Beth Griffin
Source: USCCB Office of Child and Youth Protection
http://www.usccb.org/ocyp/ChurchStillChallengedtoDeal-Griffin.pdf

January, 2009
Conversation with Bishop Gregory Aymond
Source: USCCB Office of Child and Youth Protection
http://www.usccb.org/ocyp/aymond.shtml

December, 2008
Beyond Surviving: Toward a Movement to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse (Report on roundtable discussion conducted by Ms. Foundation for Women)
Source: Darkness to Light
http://www.darkness2light.org/docs/safety.pdf

November, 2008
Forgive You Father, For You Have Sinned by Elizabeth Solsburg
Source: Faith Magazine, Diocese of Lansing, MI
http://faithmag.com/faithmag/issues/julaug08.html#1 

October, 2008
Prevent Child Sexual Abuse by Gretchen Overstolz
Source: Darkness to Light
http://www.darknesstolight.org/KnowAbout/articles_prevent_abuse.asp?showstaticmenu=1

September, 2008
Child Sexual Abuse (“Facts for Families” article)
Source: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
http://www.aacap.org/page.ww?name=Child+Sexual+Abuse&section=Facts+for+Families

August, 2008
On-Going for Kids (May – July, 2008 Newsletter)
Source: Archdiocese of Chicago’s Office for Protection of Children and Youth
http://www.archdiocese-chgo.org/departments/protection/newsletter/On-GoingForKids0508.pdf

July, 2008
The Institutional Response by Rev. Kevin McDonough
Source: Interfaith Sexual Trauma Institute
http://www1.csbsju.edu/sot/isti/ISTIArticles/kevinmc.html

June, 2008
In the Trenches by David Clohessy
Source: Faith Trust Institute
http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/downloads/snap_revised_2.pdf

May, 2008
2007 Report on the Implementation of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People
Source: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
http://www.usccb.org/ocyp/annualreport.pdf

April, 2008
Three Men Responded, but One Gospel is Truth by Dwight and Dawn Lysne
Source: Advocate Web
http://www.advocateweb.org/demo_new/home.php?page_id=89

March, 2008
Plea for the Children by N. Faulkner, M.D.
Source: Pandora’s Box website
http://www.prevent-abuse-now.com/plea335.htm

February, 2008
2007 Report of the National Review Board
Source: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
http://usccb.org/nrb/nrbreport2007.pdf

January, 2008
Clergy Sexual Abuse: Theological and Gender Perspectives by Donald Cozzens, William Schipper, Merle Longwood, and Marie Fortune
Source: Faith Trust Institute
http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/downloads/aar_panel.pdf

December, 2007
Sex Abuse Expert Says Church Raised Abuse Prevention Bar for Everyone
Source: Catholic News Service
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0605315.htm

November, 2007
To Report or Not to Report by Alison Iser
Source: Faith Trust Institute
http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/downloads/child_abuse_reporting__revised_319_final_2.pdf

October, 2007
Legacy of the Clergy Abuse Scandal by David Finkelhor
Source: International Child Abuse Network
http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/pdf/CV68.pdf

September, 2007
For All Who Serve Children by Christie Weeks
Source: Virtus website
http://www.virtus.org/virtus/PrintArticle.cfm?a=519&theme=0