Following is a list of older opinion pieces on the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic church. More recent pieces are listed in the column to the left.
August 3
Editorial: Archbishop's actions
August 1
Lehigh: Regaining the trust
July 30
McNamara: An old viewpoint
Editorial: A new direction
July 28
Walker: My advice for O'Malley
July 24
Walker: No charges; lots to fault
Editorial: A church chastised
July 23
McNamara: AG not to blame
July 22
Op-Ed: A need to make peace
July 10
Vennochi: Is change enough?
Walker: Another O'Malley job
July 2
McNamara: Legacy of love
Editorial: Boston's new bishop
Editorial: Rebuilding the church
July 1
McGrory: A time for boldness
June 28
Op-Ed: Questions for bishops
June 20
Dionne Jr: After Keating's exit
June 16
Editorial: A choice for bishops
May 31
Editorial: Monitors in church
May 16
Editorial: Priest achievements
April 15
Vennochi: Church won't listen
April 9
McNamara: Tactics suit guilty
April 2
Editorial: Loss for archdiocese
March 9
McNamara: Changed Catholic
January 26, 2003
McNamara: A matter of choice
January 15, 2003
McNamara: Fault not only Law's
December 25
McNamara: Spirit of Christmas
December 22
McNamara: A rift widens
Op-Ed: Law's Cuban 'miracle'
December 20
McGrory: Church's kinder face
December 19
Walker: Advice from a victim
Editorial: Bishop Lennon's role
Op-Ed: Restoring harmony
December 18
McNamara: Cardinal's silence
December 17
Carroll: Sadness of a Catholic
Op-Ed: Foundation for change
December 16
Walker: Skepticism and prayer
December 15
McNamara: Facing new reality
Vennochi: A painful journey
December 14
Editorial: Cardinal's departure
Op-Ed: Law captain of his fall
December 13
McGrory: Let faith take course
Op-Ed: Advent and the cardinal
December 11
McNamara: Power of hindsight
December 10
Op-Ed: Affirming gay priests
December 8
McNamara: Priest fits the mold
Goodman: A new chapter in tale
December 6
Jackson: Bankrupt leadership
December 5
Walker: No excuses for Law
Editorial: Cardinal's duty
December 3
Editorial: A bankrupt church?
November 27
McNamara: Wrong sympathy
November 24
McNamara: Awaiting answers
November 20
Laity must take action to reform
November 13
McNamara: A higher authority
Editorial: The bishops' quandry
November 12
Vennochi: Time to choose
Carroll:
Woman for our season
November 6
McNamara: The big picture
November 5
Vennochi: Cardinal's new leaf
October 22
Carroll: Defining 'bad Catholic'
October 19
Editorial: Vatican intervention
October 18
US Catholics need answers
October 6
McNamara: Reviewing lessons
English: Bring democracy
October 4
Editorial: Catholic helping hand
September 24
Carroll: Escalator of change
September 23
Walker: Victimizing the victims
September 6
Lay group is not the church
September 4
Editorial: A false accusation
August 29
The faithful have to speak out
August 17
Editorial:
The Cardinal's oath
August 16
McGrory: Just name your price
August 14
McNamara:
Behind the curve
August 13
Vennocchi:
Sinner vs. Sinner
Carroll: Church, foreign policy
August 10
Editorial:
Church standards
August 8
Cardinal Law's $10m mistake
July 25
Editorial: The Cardinal's rebuff
July 24
McNamara: Politics of giving
July 16
Carroll: Let church reform begin
June 25
Vennochi: Still a churchwoman
June 23
McNamara : Suffer the children
June 19
Lehigh: BC leading the way
June 18
Dionne Jr.: Credibility gap
June 17
Unraveling myths about abuse
June 16
McNamara: Raping girls less evil?
Editorial: Partial response
June 14
Editorial: Restoring trust
June 11
Carroll: Letter to bishops
Dionne Jr.: Bishops can teach
June 8
Op-Ed: Uphill battle for reform
June 6
Vennochi: Lack of credibility
June 5
Editorial: An answer to abuse
June 4
Carroll: Reading for reform
May 29
McNamara: Catholic alternative
May 26
McNamara: Playing favorites
May 21
Editorial: Law's responsibility
May 20
Walker: Talking sense
May 19
Focus: Celibacy, women's ordination should be considered
May 14
McGrory: Losing the last word
Carroll: Democracy in church
May 12
Oliphant: Not Law, but Law-ism
May 8
McNamara: Broken faith
May 6
Walker: Still out of touch
May 5
McNamara: Prelate's pretense
May 4
Neary: Church cleanses itself
May 3
Editorial: Bringing Shanley back
May 2
Beam: The Vatican's hubris
May 1
McNamara: No deference
April 29
Ombudsman: Is Globe biased?
April 28
Focus: Prevalence of male teenage victims in scandal points to other issues
McNamara: Troubles on step
April 27
McGrory: Church not penitent
April 25
Goodman: The celibacy issue
Editorial: The Vatican's voice
April 24
McNamara: A false issue
Lehigh: A changing of the guard
Bennett: Cardinal Law must go
April 22
Vennochi: Shifting the blame
April 22
Walker: Pope must take action
Young: False accusations
Editorial: Power to the laity
April 18
Jacoby: Criminal priests
Carroll: Boston's dinosaurs
April 17
McNamara: Rome not enough
Leahy: Gift of the priesthood
Carroll: Musts for cardinals
April 16
McGrory: A costly crisis
Editorial: The Vatican's role
April 15
Editorial: A balance on abuse
April 14
McNamara: Reclaiming church
April 13
Editorial: Law's choice
April 12
Lehigh: Healing the church
April 11
Vennochi: Facing questions
A forum for priests to reflect
April 10
Editorial: Losing faith in Law
Jackson: Law and disorder
McNamara: Obvious question
April 9
Editorial: A church betrayed
McGrory: Cardinal must go
Carroll: Celibacy to godliness
March 28
Op-Ed: Day of reflection for priests
March 27
McNamara: A troubling accusation
March 24
McNamara: They ignore the future
March 22
Editorial: The Pope's response
March 19
Op-Ed: Church can't heal with Law at the helm
March 18
Editorial: Catholic soul-searching
March 16
Op-Ed: Church and state's shared responsibility
March 13
Editorial: Antidote to abuse
McNamara: A nun's call for inclusion
March 12
Vennochi: An overeager clergy watchdog
March 11
Editorial: Bishops' challenge
March 10
Focus: Church's wound stays unhealed
Goodman: Powerful secrets cast dark shadows
March 8
Editorial: A bill against abuse
March 7
Walker: Facing up to trouble
March 6
Op-Ed: Sacrifice and celibacy
February 27
McNamara: Courts must end secrecy
Editorial: In the name of the victims
February 26
Carroll: Meltdown in the Catholic Church
February 24
McNamara: A justified sentence?
February 21
Vennochi: The boys can't fix this one for Cardinal Law
Editorial: The cardinal's test
February 13
Jackson: Archdiocese adds up as big business
February 12
Carroll: A human, humiliated church
February 10
English: Coping with the unexplainable
February 3
Goodman: Selling out the faithful
Bane: A challenge to lay Catholics
Focus: How many? How long?
Focus: Vatican stays detached
February 1
Bailey: Protecting the guilty
Jackson: Left to prey
January 29
Vennochi: Archbishop in name only
January 27
McNamara: Church ills run deep
January 25
McGrory: The apologies aren't enough
Editorial: Cardinal Law's response
Jackson: The kindest regards for an errant priest
January 22
Carroll: People of the church must take it back
January 18
Jackson: Why won't Law back disclosing past sex abuse?
January 16
Jackson: Law should resign
January 10
Adrian Walker: The cardinal as penitent
Editorial: Zero tolerance on abuse
January 9
Editorial: Shepherd and flock
January 8
Carroll: Victims victimized twice