Reactions to reports about abuse

    The original reports about AIDS & the Catholic Church

  • Maura O'Donohue MMM - "Urgent concerns for the church in the context of HIV/AIDS" 1994
    The original report that analyses cases of abuse in 23 countries.

  • Maura O'Donohue MMM - "Personal Memorandum" 1995
    Notes of a meeting with the Vatican Congregation for Consecrated Life about the abuse of sisters and measures to be taken.

  • Marie McDonald, MSOLA - "The problem of the sexual abuse of African religious in Africa and in Rome" 1998
    Causes and factors that explain the dependency of sisters on priests.

  • Sister Ellen Gielty, S.N.D. - towards a policy regarding sexual abuse of sisters - Nov. 1998 - NEW
    Starting with the training of sisters and priests, up to including dealing with the "other party" in case of abuse.

  • Portuguese translations of these reports

    obs.: These confidential reports were posted on the Internet by the American National Catholic Reporter without authorization of the originals authors. In a press statement of MSOLA they express their distress as mass media headlines lacked any respect to the African Catholic Church.

    A collection of reactions

    Sexually Abused Religious Women in Africa: a different perspective
    Father Elochukwu Uzukwu CSSP, Nigeria
    Comment on the reports of O'Donohue and McDonald focusing on the variety of "African" culture, the important role for women in African tradition, the positive role of chastity, and the "racist" undertones in the mass media coverage.

    Dossier sobre abusos sexuales a monjas
    Reposting of various articles in Spanish, relating to the El Pais headlines. Including:
     "La Hermana Esther Fangman (OSB) rompe el silencio: las raíces eclesiásticas de los abusos a las monjas"
    "Los problemas son el celibato y la disparidad hombre-mujer. la investigación de " nigrizia " sobre monjas violadas por sacerdotes"

    Reactions from Africa Posted on the site "Ecclesia-in-africa"

    Africans say continent is 'easy prey' - Charles Muchinshi Chilinda SJ
    Defense against an anti-African tendency in the story of the National Catholic Reporter.
    (NCR-site)

    Ex-nun tells of rape by African priest
    (NCR-site)

    European Parliament Assails Vatican Over Abuse Cases
    - April 6th 2001

    Superiora comenta abusos sexuais contra religiosas (In Portuguese) - (4th may 2001)

    Amor a Verdade (in Spanish)
    Salvador Romano Vidal (Missionary Javerian) reports how the newspaper "El Pais" declined to correct a misleading title for its story about abuse of nuns on march 21st.

    The history of the publication of these reports on internet Catolicanet, Brazil (In Portuguese)

    Reaction of sister Marie McDonald MI.S.N.A. (In Portuguese)

    Oficial Reaction of the Vatican spokesman, posted by Radio Rainha da Paz(In Portuguese)




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      Last revision of this page - December 21st 2001