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Wed May 14, 2008
Religion Briefs: Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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NEWS
Clergy abuse discussed
NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) — A top U.S. archbishop, recently named to the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, said the panel of cardinals and bishops could help resolve a key issue in the clergy sex abuse scandal: how to remove priests from the ministry who abused children decades ago.
Under the church's Code of Canon Law, the statute of limitation for clergy sex abuse of minors expires 10 years after the victim's 18th birthday. In older cases, a bishop can ask the Vatican to bypass that rule, but Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark, N.J., said he wants to explore ways for bishops to act in such matters without asking Rome.
One possibility for these older cases, Myers said, would be a canon law change that treats molestation and sexual abuse of minors more as an illness than as a violation requiring a penalty. That would allow a bishop to more easily deem these priests unfit for ministry, he said.
David Clohessy, national director of Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests, said he backs "anything that speeds up removing a predator from ministry.”
BOOK
Teachings for today's world
•"Everything Must Change” by Brian D. McLaren (Thomas Nelson, $21.99).
Internationally known speaker Brian D. McLaren is troubled by the problems facing today's world. However, he believes there's hope.
In his book "Everything Must Change,” he writes that Jesus' teachings still provide the answers to economic, military and social dysfunctions that he sees as a global crisis.
This eight-part book isn't for bedtime reading. It should be studied with a notepad and highlighter at hand and is probably of more interest to clergy and theologians.
He addresses issues in a scientific fashion, using diagrams and citing other researchers to make his points.
— Tracy Simmons
ON THE WEB
Mission stories on Internet
The Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board shares the real-life tales of its missionaries at the site www.commission
stories.org.
Log onto the site for colorful videos and pictures featuring missionaries across the globe.
"Join us in sharing how God is moving today among every nation, tribe, people and language,” the site invites.
From Staff and Wire Reports