Abuse Quote by William P. Leahy

You know how the church has been hit so hard by the sexual misconduct by clergy, and what's that's done to Catholics, especially here…

— William P. Leahy

Again, as I had often met it in my own church, I was confronted with the Impurity of Women doctrine that seemed to preoccupy…

— Harper Lee

Immersion of some priests in sexual abuse of children gives strong impression that this practice is a typical religious feat.

— Mohammad MUSTAFA

If there is anything that has broken the church's relationship with families, it is the global sexual abuse scandal.

— Anthea Butler

Throughout this protracted and disgraceful assault on American womanhood, the clergy baptized each new insult and act of injustice in the name of the…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church is the result of what police call "noble cause corruption," the belief that because you are…

— Alex Gibney

“The Rochester group [of VOTF], however, was met with some concern as they found it hard to believe my account as it unfolded before…

— Charles L. Bailey Jr

Child abuse is a heinous and personally damaging crime; it is therefore incumbent on the Church to treat such matters with the utmost seriousness.

— John Sentamu

The spirit of religious persecution is not the special failing of any particular faith, but springs eternal in the human breast.

— Dion Fortune

I worked as a prosecutor watching Catholic priests charged with sex abuse and saw firsthand how the 'circle the wagons' mentality revictimized the innocent,…

— Christine Pelosi

[On women as priests:] It has always seemed very odd to me that this particular sphere of activity should remain a male closed shop,…

— Mary Stocks, Baroness Stocks

God looked upon His work and saw that it was good. That is where the clergy take issue with him.

— Elbert Hubbard