A template for change? Zero tolerance by the numbers
Reported abuse cases continue to fall, but where do transparency and episcopal accountability meet?
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops released on Tuesday its annual independent statistical report on abuse allegations in the Church in the U.S.
As with previous years, the headline statistics make for grim reading — some 1,300 new allegations came to light from July 2022 to June 2023.
But also as with previous years, the report charts some …