Father Thomas Doyle tells royal commission the church does not want to
understand just how profound the impact of abuse is on survivors. One of the first American priests to have broken ranks on child abuse
said the Catholic church still fails to comprehend the depth of
spiritual damage done to victims.
Father Thomas Doyle, then a canonical lawyer at the Vatican’s Washington embassy, was tasked with investigating child abuse cases in the US in the mid-1980s, preparing a 40-page report for the nuncio, or papal ambassador, which he said was handed to the pope.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/feb/07/catholic-church-doesnt-understand-toll-of-child-sexual-abuse-says-us-priest
Father Thomas Doyle, then a canonical lawyer at the Vatican’s Washington embassy, was tasked with investigating child abuse cases in the US in the mid-1980s, preparing a 40-page report for the nuncio, or papal ambassador, which he said was handed to the pope.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/feb/07/catholic-church-doesnt-understand-toll-of-child-sexual-abuse-says-us-priest