Taking Responsibility

Jesuit Educational Institutions Confront the Causes and Legacy of Clergy Sexual Abuse | An Initiative of Fordham University | [email protected]

[Taking Responsibility @TR_Fordham]

Taking Responsibility has entered our second phase: Restorative Pathways. Check out our updated website to meet the international, interdisciplinary team collaborating at the intersection of abuse, restorative justice, and Ignatian spirituality.

https://t.co/TZSmpI3ZJO

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TR received a new external grant! It will support an international project that will bring together experts from various fields to explore the relation between RestorativeJustice & Jesuit spiritual and intellectual tradition in cases of clergy sexual abuse
https://t.co/TZSmpI3ZJO

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Check our interview with John Fortunato,
on clergy sexual abuse & Jesuit Institutions.

"For the maintenance of a complex institution with a history of crises that produce the reputational problem, the response cannot be thought of as a singular act."

https://t.co/qxdPR2532O

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We’ve just opened a new account on Bluesky! 🎉 Follow us at https://t.co/9C92qNOe0s to stay connected!”

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New anthology alert: "Accountability, Healing, and Trust" on the Catholic Sex Abuse Crisis, featuring @marcusmescher's chapter "Walking with Survivors: What Are We to Do with This Pain?"
Don't miss it!
https://t.co/Q58m34Elsg

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CfP: Women of Faith, Women of Strength: A Safeguarding Conference
June 17-20, 2025 in Rome, Italy

Abstracts should be submitted by 31st January 2025.

https://t.co/4xgzkOePGn

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TR researcher Colt Anderson has recently published a new article in Horizons, where the author critically analyzes the institutional model of the church and proposes a strategy for institutional reforms.
https://t.co/vMlrpgH6rm

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Check our interview with Karen Ross, @DrMarkLevand, and Cathy Melesky Dante on Empowering Relationships.

"if problematic theologies have contributed to the problem of sexual abuse, some age-appropriate theological education ought to make a difference."

https://t.co/tiw0OFqQry

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Two TR researchers, Hille Haker and Marcus Mescher, will be in Chile discussing their work on moral injury and responsibility with Carolina Montero.

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Have you checked our new digital archive?

Open and free access to materials shared or produced via the Taking Responsibility initiative (articles, webinar recordings, interviews, news items, and more) for scholars and researchers in perpetuity.

https://t.co/5s7MfmtpzM

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"This project aimed to uncover this “one Jesuit’s” methods of abuse, but also how Daniel Kenney maintained admiration and trust (...) for years after a credible allegation of abuse was brought to light."

You can now read and download the full report here:
https://t.co/qXNh1Cf1Fb

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Public Report "Just One Jesuit: Communities’ Accounts of the Effects of Clergy Abuse Through the Lens of a Singular Priest’s Mission Activities" by TR researchers Julia Feder,@heather_fryer , and Rebecca Murray is now available!

https://t.co/YPjCtFXuMS

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Check this recent article published by the TR researchers: Cathy Melesky Dante, Mark A. Levand,and Karen Ross.

"we examine best practices for abuse prevention by turning to the interdisciplinary study of intimate partner violence and prevention education"
https://t.co/lXK7ZkGKqL

[Marcus Mescher @marcusmescher]

On my way to Madrid to share @TR_Fordham research on #moralinjury with @unijes for #proyectojordan assembly on abuse of power in the church and how to heal wounds caused by this betrayal of sacred trust. Aprecio que este ensayo genere más diálogo sobre #dañomoral en la Iglesia

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"At the bottom, moral injury is caused by a betrayal of sacred trust."

Have you checked our recent TR interview with @marcusmescher and Ashley Theuring?

https://t.co/gaq1uDCR8P

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Read our recent interview with @marcusmescher and Ashley Theuring – TR researchers, who have been exploring moral injury caused by clergy sexual abuse.

"At bottom, moral injury is caused by a betrayal of sacred trust."

https://t.co/gaq1uDCjjh

[John Seitz @johncseitz]

New Scholar Essay Prize for Catholic Studies in the Americas, sponsored by @curran_center at Fordham-- Prize Announcement: 1st Place: @SusanBReynolds1 “‘I Will Surely Have You Deported’: Undocumenting Clergy Sexual Abuse in an Immigrant Community” @TR_Fordham

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LOUDfence project – presented and shared in our webinar "Memorializing Clergy Sexual Abuse – is one of the restorative initiatives mentioned in this research. https://t.co/Aknj0VJTlG

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"The Cross of the Moment" – A research recently completed in the Centre for Catholic Studies at Durham University to understand more closely the impact of the abuse crisis and to realize what still needs to change.
https://t.co/KJM7vigv2W

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To watch the webinar and this important conversation on the limits and promises of sexual abuse archives, visit our website: https://t.co/3CV12Uyrdp

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Here's the webpage with images and important links that our panelist Terence McKiernan, president of https://t.co/rj5OH0xvO0, shared during the webinar "Whose Stories are They?," on clergy sexual abuse archives.

https://t.co/ZRv9kSipgz