Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church: An Irish Disease and/or Global Phenomenon

Lecture by Patsy McGarry, Irish Times religious affairs correspondent and commissioning editor for the paper’s Rite and Reason column

Introduction by Kevin Cullen, columnist, Boston Globe

Patsy McGarry has reported extensively on the Catholic Church’s response to sexual abuse scandals in Ireland and covered the public inquiries into abuse documented in the Ferns, Ryan, and Murphy reports. He is also the author of the books First Citizen: Mary McAleese and the Irish Presidency; Christianity: Articles from the Irish Times Series; and While Justice Slept: The True Story of Nicky Kelly and the Sallins Train Robbery.

A former foreign correspondent who reported frequently from Dublin, Kevin Cullen was a member of the Boston Globe investigative team that won a 2003 Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandal.

This event is free and open to the public.

Co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, Institute for the Liberal Arts, English department, and the Center for Irish Programs.