Five 91吃瓜 faculty members will join Commonweal editor Margaret O鈥橞rien Steinfels on Oct. 14 (Monday) in the University鈥檚 McKenna Hall auditorium for a conference on the sexual abuse scandal recently afflicting the Catholic Church.p. The conference, entitled 鈥淩estoring Trust: Perspectives After Dallas,鈥� will begin at 4:30 p.m. with an introduction by 91吃瓜 president Rev. Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C., followed by a panel discussion on 鈥淒allas and Beyond: The Experience and the Future.鈥� The panelists will be Ms. Steinfels; R. Scott Appleby, professor of history and John M. Regan, Jr. Director of 91吃瓜鈥檚 Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies; and Rev. Richard P. McBrien, Crowley-O鈥橞rien Professor of Theology at 91吃瓜.p. A panel discussion on 鈥淓merging Issues for the Church鈥� will begin at 7:30 p.m. The panelists, all 91吃瓜 faculty, will be Gerard V. Bradley, professor of law; Mary Rose D鈥橝ngelo, associate professor of theology; and Rev. Brian Daley, S.J., Catherine Huisking Professor of Theology.p. Steinfels and Appleby were prominent speakers at the June 14 meeting in Dallas where the Catholic bishops of the nation adopted a controversial 鈥渮ero tolerance鈥� policy for all past and present sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy. The policy requires Vatican approval to become Church law and consequently binding in all dioceses. Yesterday, an anonymous Vatican official told The Associated Press that the Holy See would issue its response to the policy Oct. 10 or Oct. 11.p. Since reports of sexual abuse among clergy began rocking the American church in January, at least 300 of the nation鈥檚 46,000 priests have been removed from their ministries, and many bishops have been criticized for inadequately responding to reports of abuse.p.
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