Denver Newsroom, Nov 16, 2020 / 19:14 pm
Clerical sex abuse, the COVID-19 pandemic and racial tensions were the focus of recommendations made by two councils that serve in advisory roles to the U.S. bishops at their fall general assembly.
The video remarks were pre-recorded, and thus were made before the November 10 release of the Vatican's report on Theodore McCarrick, the former American cardinal who was laicized in 2019.
Deborah Amato, chair of the National Advisory Council, said one of the council's recommendations was for bishops to make information about abuse protections and interventions more accessible for Catholics.
"While NAC recognizes that detailed and comprehensive reporting is available, the feeling is the information might be more accessible in a one-page infographic that might be in parish bulletins to inform and engage the faithful."