Response To Clergy Scandal

News about Clergy Abuse
Abuse Timeline

Bishop Doherty shared comments with our diocese on the clergy abuse news.

Statement from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in response to Grand Jury Report in Pennsylvania.

Pope Francis' letter to the People of God on suffering together. 

Links to 1997 Indianapolis Star articles on child abuse from priests. Fr. Tom mentioned these articles in his response below.

Pennsylvania diocesan lawyer's interview with NPR.





Our Parish Responses
We have responded to this crisis as we have been taught: with prayer and fasting. Read here for the OLG staff response to the abuse scandal.

Fr. Tom wrote two bulletin articles and gave a response in a homily on August 19th. Both articles and the text of that homily are below:

Bulletin Column, August 19, 2018

Bulletin Column, August 26, 2018

Fr. Tom Response at Mass on August 19th

Fr. Bower gave a homily on August 19th. Listen to the audio of that message below: