Issues

Clergy Sexual Abuse

The impetus for the founding of The Catholic Project was the 2018 sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. We produce a podcast on the abuse crisis, offer an online Certificate in Child Protection and Safe Environments through Catholic University, and host many events on clergy abuse.

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Catholic Church Finances

Closely related to the abuse crisis are financial crises in the Church. The Catholic Project shares the work of Marie Reilly of Penn State Law on diocesan bankruptcies as well as independent reconciliation and compensation programs.

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Catholic Church Reform

True reform in the Catholic Church can only come about through collaboration of the clergy and the laity. The Catholic Projects seeks to be a place of encounter and conversation about what this looks like today.

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