Catholic sexual abuse scandal

As the public sifted through the dense and detailed document on ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, abuse survivors and their advocates called it an important moment that must lead to further action and investigations.

"Crisis," produced by The Catholic Project at Catholic University of America interviews more than three dozen individuals, including testimonials from abuse survivors, priests, bishops, lawyers and advocates.

Your thoughts: Just a month ago, the Catholic world was reeling with the news that Jean Vanier, the beloved founder of L'Arche International had sexually abused six adult women.

Distinctly Catholic: Conservative and liberal narratives both start with a reading of American history and then look for religious rationalizations for stances arrived at by other means.

The 156 young men who call St. Charles Borromeo Seminary home are deeply aware of both the sacred and the profane. They appear unflinchingly optimistic, reverent and committed, yet they prepare to enter ministry at a time when scandals have driven the faithful from pews.

The lawsuit charges that Donald McGuire, a globe-trotting Jesuit with ties to St. Teresa of Calcutta, abused Robert J. Goldberg "more than 1,000 times, in multiple states and countries," during sojourns to spiritual retreats throughout the United States and Europe.

A Catholic diocese in North Carolina on Dec. 30 published a list of 14 clergy who it says have been credibly accused of child sexual abuse in the nearly 50 years since the diocese was established.

A handful of people who have gone public as survivors of Catholic clergy sexual abuse in Japan, where values of conformity and harmony have resulted in a strong code of silence.