Washington Archdiocese Releases List of 31 Priests Accused of Sexually Abusing Children

The Archdiocese of Washington said Tuesday that 31 priests who had worked in either its churches or schools since 1948 had been “credibly accused” of sexual abuse. Ten of the listed priests had been arrested and convicted. More than half of the men have died.

Not included in the list is ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the former Washington archbishop who resigned in July after accusations of sexually abusing both minors and adult students. The Washington Post reported that McCarrick wasn’t on the list “because he was not a priest in the archdiocese when the abuse he was accused of allegedly occurred.”

The list was published soon after the resignation of Washington Archbishop Donald Wuerl on Friday. Wuerl had never been accused of sexual abuse, but while he was the bishop of Pittsburgh, hundreds of priests in Pennsylvania committed sex crimes, according to a Pennsylvania grand jury report. read more »

USA Gymnastics couldn't handle Larry Nassar. Now it can't even handle itself

The organization is responsible for the safety of thousands of young athletes, yet it has moved from disaster to disaster in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal

How difficult is it for USA Gymnastics, an organization whose inability to deal with sexual abuse now overshadows its distinguished Olympic history, to find a leader who will put athletes first? read more »