This volume is the fruit of a ""theological laboratory"" initiated by the then-Centre for Child Protection and the Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church (CTEWC) called ""Doing Theology in the Face of Sexual Abuse."" Eventually those from the laboratory engaged those meeting for two years via ""virtual tables,"" due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the end, twenty-six scholars offer insights on the crisis itself and pathways for moving forward. There is a certain urgency about this volume, which is not often reflected in works of theology or theological ethics. The sheer scale of the undermining of human dignity through sexual abuse that has occurred within