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Abuse Prevention

Bishop Matthew Elshoff, center, and Father Max Villeneuve, OSA, pastor at Our Mother of Good Counsel Church in Los Feliz, pose with confirmation students following the “Stand Up Sunday” Mass at the parish on Nov. 16. (Kimmy Chacón)

LA parishes recognize abuse prevention efforts on ‘Stand Up Sunday’

Kimmy Chacón|Nov 20, 2025|4 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV and newly appointed bishops, including about a dozen from the United States, begin a meeting at the Vatican Sept. 11, 2025, by singing "Veni Creator Spiritus," invoking the Holy Spirit. (CNS/Vatican Media)

Pope to new bishops on priest abuse: 'These cannot be put in a drawer'

Cindy Wooden|Sep 12, 2025|3 Min Read

Anthony Rodriguez, right, poses with Santa Barbara County Supervisor Roy Lee, who sponsored the proclamation honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe’s child-abuse prevention efforts. (Anthony Rodriguez)

Abused as a child, Santa Barbara Catholic goes ‘blue’ to protect kids

Greg Hardesty|Apr 10, 2025|5 Min Read

Parishioners and survivor-victims of abuse joined Auxiliary Bishop Matthew Elshoff for the Jan. 2024 dedication of St. Bernadette’s healing garden on the corner of Don Felipe and Marlton in Baldwin Hills. (Pablo Kay)

LA archdiocese healing gardens continue bearing fruit for victims of abuse

Mike Cisneros|Apr 1, 2025|3 Min Read

Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, is pictured during a seminar on safeguarding children at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome March 23, 2017 (CNS/Paul Haring)

Four thousand miles away, the O’Malley effect on fighting abuse is felt

John L. Allen Jr.|Aug 12, 2024|5 Min Read

Father Michael Wakefield, pastor at St. Francis de Sales Church in Sherman Oaks, speaks to students after a morning Mass during Abuse Prevention Month on April 12. (Mike Cisneros)

What the LA Church has learned in the last 20 years of abuse prevention work

Mike Cisneros|Apr 25, 2024|4 Min Read

Susie Lopez, a facilitator of the VIRTUS safety program, shows off to students the new poster created for the 2024 Abuse Prevention Month in April. (Submitted photo)

LA’s Catholic child protection experts look back on 20 years of keeping kids safe

Natalie Romano|Apr 23, 2024|5 Min Read

Young women pray during the National Mass for Domestic Violence Awareness Oct. 7, 2023, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. (OSV News/Mihoko Owada, Catholic Standard)

What Catholics can do to support victims of domestic violence

OSV News|Oct 12, 2023|7 Min Read

A Christ the King parishioner proclaims a reading from St. Paul to the Romans at the Day 2 prayer service of "United Together in Prayer – Novena for Child Abuse Prevention and Healing" April 23.

Virtual novena for abuse healing draws bigger, more anonymous audience

Ann Rodgers|May 3, 2021|4 Min Read

Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, a leading Vatican official dealing with clergy sexual abuse in the church, is pictured in a file photo greeting Andrew Collins, David Ridsdale and Peter Blenkiron at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. The three men said they were child sex abuse victims in Australia. (CNS photo/Tony Gentile, Reuters)

Anti-abuse center gets upgrade, sensing both progress and frustration

Inés San Martín|May 3, 2021|13 Min Read

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