---
"title": "Clergy Sex Scandal Tops Media Coverage of Pope’s Visit"
"description": "More than a third (37%) of papal coverage focused on the sex abuse scandal."
"date": "2008-05-14"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Russell Heimlich"
    "job_title": "Former web developer"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/short-reads/2008/05/14/clergy-sex-scandal-tops-media-coverage-of-popes-visit/"
"categories":
  - "News Coverage"
  - "Pope Benedict XVI"
  - "Religious Leaders & Institutions"
  - "Sexual Misconduct & Harassment"
---

# Clergy Sex Scandal Tops Media Coverage of Pope’s Visit

A trip designed to revitalize Catholicism in America, Pope Benedict’s recent visit was a tightly scripted event with few surprises; but one unexpected development, his meeting with survivors of clergy sexual abuse, helped turn that issue into the most heavily covered aspect of the trip.[Read More](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/pubs/825/pope-visit-media-coverage)