Church-funded group vocal about support for abortion, LGBT, birth control, sex work. Since 2010, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has made several large financial contributions to an organization in San Francisco that is actively promoting all manner of immorality. Through grants from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), which is an … [Read more…]
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A priest at a southwest Miami-Dade County Catholic church has resigned because of a second allegation involving “a serious boundary violation” with a woman, the Archdiocese of Miami announced Sunday. Father Cristobal de Paola, the pastor at St. Joachim Catholic Church, had been on administrative leave for the last three months … [Read more…]
October 22, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) — The Vatican’s recently signed deal with China on selecting bishops was “absolutely unconscionable,” and “a betrayal of so many confessors and martyrs who suffered for years and years and were put to death” by the Communist Party, Cardinal Raymond Burke said. There are deep divisions with the curia, with some … [Read more…]
Confidential letter from papal nuncio announces forced retirement of Bp. Martin Holley. MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ChurchMilitant.com) – The bishop of Memphis, Tennessee is being removed as head of his diocese, effective Friday. Church Militant obtained the contents of a confidential email sent from Abp. Christophe Pierre, papal nuncio to the United States, to Bp. Martin Holley. … [Read more…]
Federal RICO violations may trigger Trump’s executive order on human trafficking The federal investigation into systemic clerical sex abuse, starting with seven Pennslyvania dioceses and the diocese of Buffalo, may uncover violations of federal RICO laws, which in turn may trigger President Donald Trump’s executive order on human rights violations. Sources tell Church Militant that … [Read more…]
Bishop Soto wrote to a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge to plead for mercy for a priest who preyed on altar boys. His name was Andrew Christian Andersen. “He was a classmate of mine, a fellow seminarian,” Soto said over coffee recently. In September of 1986, Andersen was convicted on 26 counts of molesting … [Read more…]
Bishop Armando X. Ochoa is working with a review board to determine what information the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno may release about area priests accused of sexual misconduct, including the possibility of publicly identifying those priests by name. Teresa Dominguez, chancellor for the Diocese of Fresno, said Ochoa in early September raised the issue … [Read more…]
October 18, 2018 02:40 PM The Catholic Diocese of Sacramento said this week it will postpone releasing names of priests accused of sexual abuse until an independent auditor can review thousands of personnel records. A spokesman for the diocese on Oct. 10 said it planned on having staff members produce a list within a few … [Read more…]
Other articles: http://www.snapnetwork.org/accused_priest_may_be_in_court_today https://www.bishop-accountability.org/usccb/audit2004/sacramentoca.htm For immediate release: June 6, 2012 Contact: Joelle Casteix (949) 322-7434, jcasteix@gmail.com If you are in the Sacramento area, I hope you can join us. I think that Sacramento Bishop Jaime Soto has said, “Report abuse to the Diocese,” so many times, that he thinks it’s the right thing to do. … [Read more…]
Does Sacramento Diocese need the laity to audit both the diocese, Bishop Soto’s finances, priests income and others who may gain financially? Read more here at Crux: https://cruxnow.com/church/2015/02/09/auditing-church-institutions-traditional-mass/