October 1, 2018 A Kansas elementary school says it had no idea that a former Catholic cardinal alleged to have abused several young men over the course of several decades was placed in a rectory just next door, KansasCity.com reports. Theodore McCarrick resigned as a cardinal back in July after a review board discovered credible … [Read more…]
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (ChurchMilitant.com) – A lay group in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is calling on their archbishop to prohibit a dissident priest from speaking at a pro-gay retreat. Catholics United for the Faith Milwaukee (CUF) put out a “resolution” online calling on Milwaukee’s Abp. Jerome Listecki to bar Fr. Bryan Massingale from taking part in a dissident … [Read more…]
PHILADELPHIA — Misconceptions people may have about sexual abuse, sexual harassment and homosexuality as elements of the ongoing crisis in the church can hinder efforts to address it, according to a leading psychologist and expert on the crisis. The complex nature of each of the elements can make it “hard for the average Catholic in … [Read more…]
Prayer and fasting disarms the devil. Why would a priest tell people not to do it? By Patti Armstrong I was irritated when Pope Francis called for every member of the Church to “pray and fast in penance for the evil of clerical sex abuse, and to be involved in needed change within the Church” … [Read more…]
The Archdiocese of Portland has made available previously secret documents involving priest sexual abuse in Oregon. The documents are being released as part of the bankruptcy settlement plan that paid more than $50 million to about 175 victims of clergy sexual abuse. In 2004, Portland became the first archdiocese in the country to seek bankruptcy … [Read more…]
Reports in 2005. Message: keep giving money to the bishops and keep your mouth shut. https://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2005_07_12/2005_09_28_Drawhorn_ChurchOrder.htm
Clergy sex abuse is an evil that must be “named, investigated, and brought to light,” wrote the leader of Mount Angel Abbey. In a Sept. 5 letter emailed to supporters of the abbey and its seminary, Benedictine Abbot Jeremy Driscoll wrote that innocent victims suffered when clergy abused them and then again when bishops failed … [Read more…]
The former papal nuncio to the United States published a second statement Thursday reiterating his accusation that Pope Francis knew of the serial homosexual abuse of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick at least since 2013 yet made him “one of his principal agents in governing the Church.” Read article by Thomas D. Williams, PhD here: https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/28/vatican-whistleblower-insists-pope-francis-covered-for-abuser-mccarrick/
A report leaked by two German media outlets, Der Spiegel and Die Zeit, on Sept. 12 found that the German Catholic Church covered up at least 3,677 alleged cases of child sexual abuse by at least 1,670 clergymen from 1946 to 2014. Most of the victims were younger than 14 years old. Most were boys. … [Read more…]
I am a priest of eight years in good standing of the Archdiocese of Denver. About three weeks before the McCarrick scandal broke, I relayed reports of misconduct with children to Archbishop Aquila, and since then, I have been homeless and ignored by his chancery. After months of reaching out to them, I am now … [Read more…]