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Anne Barrett Doyle

Anne Barrett Doyle

Anne Barrett Doyle is co-director of BishopAccountability.org, an independent non-profit based in Waltham, Mass.. Founded in 2003, BishopAccountability.org researches child abuse by priests and religious and on the management of those cases by bishops, religious orders and the Holy See.

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A cross outside the U.S. bishops' Office of Child and Youth Protection is covered with photos and prayers for the victims of clergy sexual abuse in a 2011 file photo. (CNS/Nancy Wiechec)

Why the next pope should be an American

Thanks largely to the United States' unique civil justice system and robust free press, bishops here have been forced to adopt more prudent policies on abuse than bishops in any other country have.

Pope Francis, cardinals and bishops attend a penitential liturgy during a meeting on the protection of minors in the church Feb. 23, 2019, at the Vatican. (CNS/Evandro Inetti, pool)

Francis' clergy abuse law, 'Vos Estis,' isn't working. Here's how to fix it.

Commentary: In 2019 Pope Francis introduced Vos Estis Lux Mundi, a church law to hold bishops and religious superiors accountable for abuse. But to be the transformative tool that is needed, Vos Estis must be revised.

NY cardinal's new compensation program for victims will keep sex abuse hidden

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