Painful' healing from clergy sex abuse of children will take time for Catholic Church, its members, experts say

aniel Lowery sees the Catholic clergy sex abuse scandal as a grieving process. There’s denial, anger, bargaining and depression, he said, but the final stage of acceptance is going to be tough for people. Many are not ready for acceptance yet, he said. “It’s a matter of choice, individually,” Lowery, theology professor at Calumet College of St. Joseph, said. In light of lists released in recent weeks in northern Indiana of priests “credibly” accused of sexually abusing children, Lowery, Bishop Donald Hying of the Diocese of Gary, and other theology experts spoke of their views about how the church and its members can grapple with this information and work to move forward.

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