As Worcester bucks a trend, will US dioceses keep naming names?
A Massachusetts diocese has defended not publishing a list of accused clerics. Do they have a point?
The Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts, issued on Friday an updated report on clerical sexual abuse in the diocese, going back to the 1950s.
In the wake of first the Spotlight scandals of the early 2000s and then the Pennsylvania grand jury report of 2018, reports like these have become common for U.S. dioceses to release, and become an accepted part of…