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

Daniel 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.

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