The Internet contains a significant amount of information about clergy sexual abuse of children, its cover up by the Institutional Church (bishops and popes), support of sexual abuse survivors, Church financial mismanagement, and lack of financial transparency and accountability. Here are some of our favorite websites. We invite you to click on them and see what they have to offer.
A volunteer self-help organization of survivors of clergy sexual abuse and their supporters. Works to end the cycle of abuse in two ways: by supporting fellow survivors in personal healing and by persuing justice and institutional change by holding individual perpetrators responsible and the church accountable.
Offers compassionate counseling and referral services to survivors of clergy sexual abuse. Founded by two priest advocates, Fr. Robert M. Hoatson and Fr. Kenneth E. Lasch (himself a survivor of abuse), Road to Recovery assists survivors with their emotional, psychological, financial, and spiritual needs as they attempt to recover from the effects of clergy sexual abuse.
Voice of the Faithful's goals are to support survivors of clergy sexual abuse; support priests of integrity; and shape structural change within the Catholic Church.