Supporting the survivors

The Catholic Church in England has been in the media spotlight again recently following investigations into child abuse by members of the Ealing Abbey Benedictine monastery in West London. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith here in the Vatican has ordered an "apostolic visitation", headed by the auxiliary bishop of Westminster John Arnold, to investigate allegations that both monks and lay teachers abused children from the neighbouring school over the past five decades. To find out how these latest scandals have affected the wider Catholic community in Britain, Philippa Hitchen spoke with Jim McDonnell, acting secretary to the European branch of Signis, the world Catholic association for communication which recently held its board meeting here in Rome....
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