A new German study on spiritual abuse finds the dioceses of Münster and Osnabrück were slow to act against two religious communities; a second study on the Redemptorists' reckoning process shows such efforts can also cause harm.

Togolese psychologist and religious sister Mary Lembo, a Vatican adviser on protecting nuns, details how clericalism and patriarchy silence abuse victims in Africa, and the safeguarding efforts starting to break that silence.