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September 23, 2019

Study on sexual harassment in U.S. seminaries released by Notre Dame

University of Notre Dame professor John Cavadini and Jesuit Father Thomas Gaunt of the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate take questions from the audience Sept. 21, 2019, during the Religion News Association conference in Las Vegas. They presented findings of their groundbreaking study on sexual harassment in seminaries in the U.S.

LAS VEGAS -- The University of Notre Dame Sept. 21 released a groundbreaking report that looked at sexual harassment in U.S. Catholic seminaries, revealing that just 6% of seminarians reported experiencing some form of sexual harassment or misconduct, while 90% reported none.

Published in International
October 18, 2017

Comment: Weinstein a symptom of an even uglier issue

A woman walks along Hollywood Blvd. Voluminous voices made it clear in the aftermath of the exposés of Weinstein’s vile assaults that his conduct was like an open sewer running through Hollywood.
The exposure of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s sordid sexual predator secret is ripping the mask off the sinister nature of our supposed surprise as well.
Published in Peter Stockland