WASHINGTON, D.C., October 4, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Catholic apologist, author, and Franciscan University of Steubenville professor Scott Hahn has stated that clergy convicted of being sexual predators shouldn’t be defrocked, they should receive “excommunication.” He appeared to be referring to now ex-Cardinal McCarrick without mentioning him by name. Hahn said to participants at the Napa … [Read more…]
October 3, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – As Catholics in the pews and the hierarchy continue to grapple with the Church’s sexual abuse scandal, a group of lay Catholics have launched an initiative to foster accountability among the Church’s hierarchy, specifically cardinals. The Better Church Governance (BCG) group announced plans Sunday to research and publish a survey … [Read more…]
CHILE, October 3, 2018 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Chilean prosecutors are currently investigating 126 Catholic clergy or members of religious orders accused of sexually preying on minors and adults, following an explosion of protests over Pope Francis’ support of a Chilean bishop accused of complicity in sex abuse in January of this year. As is the case … [Read more…]
VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) – Cardinal Gerhard Müller has acknowledged that Pope Francis personally halted a high-level investigation into clerical sex abuse. In an interview with LifeSiteNews on Tuesday, Müller confirmed recent reports that just months into his papacy, Francis personally blocked an investigation into sex abuse allegations against U.K. Cdl. Cormac Murphy-O’Connor. Read more here: … [Read more…]
Some San Diego Catholics are complaining that the diocese had them removed from a question and answer session on the Catholic clerical sex abuse scandal. Bishop Robert McElroy of the San Diego diocese announced in August that there would be a series of eight “listening sessions” throughout October and into early November. One of the … [Read more…]
Catholics lash out at church leaders with their wallets (you can too!) Posted on October 3, 2018 by OVD Administrator Catholics lash out at church leaders with their wallets https://www.marketwatch.com/story/catholics-skip-the-collection-plate-amid-moral-catastrophe-of-pennsylvanias-sex-abuse-cover-up-2018-08-20 ( You can too!…) For your convenience, this PDFhttp://ourvoiceinthediocese.com/ovd/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20181003_non_cathedraticum.pdf is printable with the following useful text: This donation is not part of the normal Sunday … [Read more…]
September 27, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) — Fifty-four years after suppression of the intercessory prayer to the archangel with the top job of battling Satan, Catholic bishops in the United States are gradually returning to the tradition of reciting the prayer after Mass. An increasing number of bishops are recognizing the need for reciting the Prayer to … [Read more…]
WASHINGTON (ChurchMilitant.com) – A dean at the Catholic University of America (CUA) has been suspended after tweeting in favor of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. William Rainford, dean of the National Catholic School of Social Service (NCSSS), tweeted on Sept. 26 from his official university Twitter account: Swetnick is 55 y/o, Kavanaugh is 52 … [Read more…]
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…]
What is the matter with leaders in the Catholic Church who refuse to listen to clergy sex abuse victims, as well as whistleblower priests who report sex abuse? Instead, they illegally bury the reports of misconduct, order others to do so, and punish good priests who refuse to also act illegally. The evil corruption in … [Read more…]