PAPAL REQUIREMENTS ON ABUSE REPORTING
FRANCIS FOLLOWS THROUGH: ASSESSING THE NEW MOTU PROPRIO Commonweal Editorial June 1, 2019 "Vos estis lux mundi should be received with neither cynicism nor complacency. It is one of the most decisive actions Rome has taken since the emergence of the sex-abuse crisis decades ago." WHY THE 'METROPOLITAN PLAN' DOESN'T WORK By Rita Ferrone, July 8, 2019 "The first trial run of a metropolitan-centered strategy to contain abusive bishops has provided a spectacular public demonstration of how this plan can fail. The case I am referring to, of course, is that of Bishop Michael Bransfield of the diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, who has been suspended from ministry over multiple allegations of sexual harassment and misuse of diocesan funds. Pope Francis put Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore in charge of the investigation. Lori is the metropolitan of the province in which the diocese of Wheeling-Charleston is located." VOS E