In the light of high profile cases of historical sexual abuse cases the following article speaks for victims who are criticised for pursuing their claims
The claims of abuse victims and the hidden cost of their healing
A gruesome anniversary passed without comment in the papers, but here's an article about how the brutal fate of the Templars is still relevant for today
NEW OPINION PIECE
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WOMAN ALIVE MAGAZINE
'What I learned about faith from Marguerite Porete - the first woman to write a Christian treatise in French'
18th June 2025
IN OTHER NEWS
“Susan Shooter’s ethnographic scholarship…establishes the theological agenda and also the possibility of ecclesial authenticity, which is why the painstaking work of Shooter and others, not to mention survivor witness disclosed in PBS Frontline films such as The Silence and Secrets of the Vatican, is so important. Vulnerability to these forms of witness is a requisite first step.”
'In 'Redeeming Trauma: An Agenda for Theology FIfteen Years On' in American Catholicism in the 21st Century: Crossroads, Crisis, or Renewal?, ed. Rademacher & Peters (Orbis, 2018), 137-149.
He continues to engage with
'How Survivors of Abuse Relate with God'
in:
(Orbis, 2023)