Crisis Podcast Episode 3: What Caused the Crisis? Show Notes
How did the Catholic Church become a place where abusers could hide? Were men who were prone to abuse drawn to the priesthood? Crisis considers theories about the root causes with Margaret Smith, Msgr. Steven Rossetti, Chad Pecknold, and Susan Timoney, among others. This is a Catholic podcast from Catholic University.
Participant List (in alphabetical order):
- Jason Berry, investigative reporter who covered the early priest scandals
- Archbishop Wilton Gregory, Archbishop of Washington
- Chad Pecknold, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Catholic University
- Msgr. Stephen Rosetti, Research Associate Professor at Catholic University
- Rev. Paul Scalia, pastor of St. James in Falls Church, Virginia
- Margaret Smith, member of the John Jay research team
- Susan Timoney, Associate Professor of Practice Pastoral Studies Area, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, and Director of the Certificate in Pastoral Ministry at Catholic University
Resources or References in the Podcast:
- Texas Monthly piece about Fr. Rudy Kos: “Fathers and Sins”
- The two John Jay reports:
- 2004 (Nature and Scope)
- 2011 (Causes and Context)
- A list of Jason Berry’s books on Amazon
- The New York Times article, “‘It is Not a Closet. It is a Cage: Gay Catholic Priests Speak Out” by Elizabeth Dias
- The Washington Post article, “The Catholic Church is enabling the sex abuse crisis by forcing gay priests to stay in the closet by Robert Mickens
- The Royal Commission on Child Abuse (in Australia) study: “The role of organisational culture in child sexual abuse in institutional contexts”
- Rev. Carter Griffin’s book Why Celibacy? Reclaiming the Fatherhood of the Priest
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