Compared to other Catholic Dioceses in metropolitan areas in the United States, the Catholic Diocese of Dallas is taking a less-transparent approach to child sexual abuse allegations made internally. The main objective of the Diocesan Review Board of the Diocese of Dallas is to make recommendations to the Bishop of Dallas regarding child sexual abuse allegations. Therefore, this research will seek to address the following: What is the structure and function of the Diocesan Review Board of the Diocese of Dallas, and how can the procedures of the Diocesan Review Board reviewing allegations of child sexual abuse be made more transparent? Due to the autonomy of each Diocesan Review Board, there is a need for this research in the academic community because it identifies policies and practices of the Diocesan Review Board in Dallas, which can then be utilized to establish a baseline between other Catholic Dioceses and, perhaps, even lead to an analysis of best practices and implementations of Diocesan Review Boards. With a contextual section explaining Canon Law and government statutes, a literature review of scholarly sources discussing diocesan review boards, and methodology of the proposed research, this thesis proposal makes evident there is a need to further investigate the Diocesan Review Board of the Diocese of Dallas.