How this Jesuit leads the Vatican’s fight against sex abuse without losing faith Ep. 103

Hans Zollner, S.J., has dedicated his life to protecting children
from the horrific crime of sexual abuse. A psychologist and Jesuit
priest, he has guided the church’s efforts to bring healing to
survivors and to prevent such abuse from happening again. Father
Zollner meets regularly with survivors and as one of the organizers
of the Vatican summit on sexual abuse in February helped to lift up
their voices. We spoke to Father Zollner back in March and asked
him what concrete steps need to be taken after the summit, how
hearing from survivors has shaped his perspective and how he
maintains his own spiritual and mental health. In Signs of the
Times, we discuss the new rules for reporting sexual abuse issued
by Pope Francis as well as the pope’s remarks on the possibility of
women deacons. Plus: the cardinal who went down a manhole to
restore power to a homeless shelter, Asia Bibi finally joins her
family in Canada and Louis Farrakhan makes anti-Semitic remarks in
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