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…]
BLACKMAIL AND GASLIGHTING IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER 2018-09-29 PADREPEREGRINO As I said in My Response to Archbishop Aquila, I never agreed to bury the reports of misconduct. In this 21 June 2018 letter, Bishop Rodriguez seems to imply that at some point, I considered the issues of misconduct to be a closed case. I … [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…]
In response to my blog (http://padreperegrino.org/author/padreperegrino/) post Homeless After Whistleblowing, Archbishop Aquila wrote all the priests of Northern Colorado about me and then published it on the website belonging to the Archdiocese of Denver. I’d like to highlight a few sentences that Archbishop Aquila wrote about me: “Since Fr. Nix was asked to leave his … [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…]
Graduates from from St. Johns’ in Camarillo , CA and their friends. Aren’t good shepherds suppose to protect the flock from the wolves? St. John Seminary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John%27s_Seminary_(California)#Notable_alumni “If you were a molester, you got sent to one of three places – a poor Latino community, Mexico or the Diocese of Tucson,” said John Manly, who … [Read more…]