Here’s a story about some bishops balking at filling a survey as part of the new bishops’ conference child protection office. One thing leaped out at me:
The bishops will gather next week in St. Louis for their semiannual convention, and several have indicated they will call for changes in the questionnaire, which sought a complete accounting of every U.S. priest who has been accused of sexual misconduct with minors since 1950. That could force McChesney, the National Review Board and researchers at New York’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice to delay or redesign the $250,000 study. [emphasis added]
