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Header image: By Croberto68 - Base map used: File:Maryland Locator Map with US.PNG, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9031255 The Attorney General’s Report on Child Sexual Abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, released April 2023, listed 156 Catholic clergy, deacons, seminarians, religious, and laity accused of child sexual abuse. The charts below focus on the 148 names of priests, deacons, seminarians, and male religious. The 8 names of women religious and laity are not included.

These visualizations of my Vatican II periti data come to us from Daniel Koenemann. He has graciously allowed me to share them here!

We know (or at least debate) a great deal about the Second Vatican Council, but how much do we really know about who was there?

Catholic with a small c, my catechism taught me, means universal. Our Faith’s long history, unique claim to the Truth, and geographic spread make it an ideal and never-ending source of visual projects…The increased availability of Latin Masses is undeniable; what is similarly consoling is the rise in other traditional sacraments, such as weddings. While it is impossible to do any comprehensive project on traditional weddings (for one thing, there is no central place where globally churches report sacramental data), social media makes it easier and easier to notice trends.

A report on American Catholic church fires and the Catholic News Archive

A visual data project about the lists of credibly accused clergy released by American Roman Catholic dioceses

An ongoing preservation of family records

A summary and visualizations of the 2018 PA Grand Jury Report

An ongoing series of charts that visualize papal and curial documents

Visualizations of the Report on Child Sexual Abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore