Commentary concludes with call to action for pope By Jason Berry | National Catholic Reporter Editor’s note: Jason Berry was the first to report on clergy sex abuse in any substantial way, beginning with a landmark 1985 report about the Louisiana…

Insiders, reporters reveal structural deception that hid clergy predators by Jason Berry | National Catholic Reporter Editor’s note: Jason Berry was the first to report on clergy sex abuse in any substantial way, beginning with a landmark 1985 report about the…

Three-part commentary begins with look at how the crisis reached this point by Jason Berry | National Catholic Reporter Editor’s note: Jason Berry was the first to report on clergy sex abuse in any substantial way, beginning with a landmark 1985…

In 2002, The Boston Globe investigation of clergy child abuse ignited widespread media coverage of negligent church officials. As their credibility took a pounding, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops hired R.F. Binder, a Madison Avenue consulting firm specializing in damage control.…

Published in the The Washington Post. The pope is a moral statesman on the global stage, a peerless voice for human rights. “If you want peace, work for justice,” Pope Paul VI memorably said. Now a crisis of justice confronts…