In Spirit and Truth Reading Roundup: The Rest of March 2023 Edition

Here’s the rest of the news from the very-eventful last week of March. Thanks for your patience as I caught up with my reading this weekend.

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On the Renewal of Vos Estis

• Pope Francis promulgates revised 'Vos estis' - Here's what changed

• Pope updates abuse investigation procedures to cover Catholic lay leaders

• Archbishop Scicluna on 'universal law' to protect minors

On the Resignation of Fr. Hans Zollner from the PCPM

• Founding member of pope’s child protection board resigns

• Full Statement from Fr. Zollner

• World War Z? Zollner's resignation and the credibility of papal reform

• Defection from anti-abuse panel raises questions of principle, turf wars

• Baroness Hollins challenges effectiveness of Vatican child protection body

On the Seal of Confession

• A retired priest pushed to require clergy to report sex-abuse confessions; now he's banned from hearing confessions

• State lawmakers push for priests to report abuse heard in confessional

• Framing the debate over sex abuse and the seal of the confessional

The Rest of the News

• Disclosure of Child Sexual Abuse: Delays, Non-disclosure and Partial Disclosure. What the Research Tells Us and Implications for Practice

• Australia: ‘It crucifies you every time’: the ‘crushing’ new tactic the church uses to block claims by abuse survivors

• Illinois: Popular Church architecture scholar accused of ‘sexually inappropriate’ conduct with seminarians

• New York: Brooklyn Priest Removed From Ministry for Sexual Abuse of Adult

• Wisconsin: Documentary - Manufacturing the Clerical Predator

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Stay tuned for a powerful Survivors’ Voices topic next week.

~ Sara