Kathy Shaw, a journalist who doggedly investigated allegations of sexual abuse by clergymen and compiled a national register of misconduct accusations so that the public could grasp the dimensions of the crisis, died on Sunday in a hospital in Worcester, Mass. She was 72.
The cause was complications of pneumonia, her niece Renee Whitenett said.
By surveying thousands of cases and posting them on a blog called Abuse Tracker, Ms. Shaw played a meaningful if largely unheralded role in helping fellow journalists and victims of abuse.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/obituaries/kathy-shaw-watchdog-on-clergy-sexual-abuse-dies-at-72.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/obituaries/kathy-shaw-watchdog-on-clergy-sexual-abuse-dies-at-72.html