On Tuesday, April 5, the Nanovic Institute for European Studies welcomed Reverend Dr. Hans Zollner, S.J., to deliver the 2022 Keeley Vatican Lecture. A theologian, psychologist, and licensed psychotherapist, Father Zollner is one of the Catholic Church’s leading experts on the safeguarding and protection of minors and vulnerable people from sexual abuse.
In a lecture, titled “How Is the Catholic Church Safeguarding Children? A Perspective After the Recent Developments in Europe,” Father Zollner explored his perspective on a “double crises”: sex abuse by members of the clergy and its coverup by Church authorities. He also reflected on these crises in light of recent European developments including the January 2022 report on abuse and coverup in the Archdiocese of Munich and the war in Ukraine. For more about the series, visit https://nanovic.nd.edu/vatican.
