US bishops considering new safeguarding document beyond ‘Dallas Charter’

A proposal from Archbishop McKnight would see bishops commit more concretely to justice for abuse victims and to due process for clerics.

Committees of the U.S. bishops’ conference are reviewing a proposal that would see the bishops make a set of new moral commitments in response to clerical sexual abuse and misconduct in the Church.

The headquarters of the USCCB, in Washington, DC. Credit: Chris, via Flickr. CC BY SA 2.0

In response to a request from Archbishop Shawn McKnight, the USCCB co…