Month: May 2020

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Italy’s most notorious unsolved mystery illustrates Vatican’s trust deficit

Orlandi Vatican Trust Deficit Title: Italy’s most notorious unsolved mystery illustrates Vatican’s trust deficit Author: John L. Allen Jr. Publisher: Crux Date: 27MAY2020 ROME – Pietro Orlandi, the older brother of Emanuela Orlandi, whose still-unexplained disappearance at the age of 15 in 1983 has become the country’s most infamous unsolved mystery, is a bit like

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Catholic priest sexual abuse survivor suing Oakland Diocese and East Bay churches

Oakland priest sexual abuse Title: Catholic priest sexual abuse survivor suing Oakland Diocese and East Bay churches Author: Joseph Geha Publisher: The Mercury News/ Bay Area News Group Date: 26MAY2020 Complaint alleges diocese, churches were negligent about “predator priests” The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland and two East Bay churches are the target of a

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Blog

A year later: An Evangelical commentary on the abuse summit in the Vatican

Thomas Schirrmacher Abuse Summit Title: A year later: An Evangelical commentary on the abuse summit in the Vatican Author: Thomas Schirrmacher Publisher: Thomas Schirrmacher website Date: 26MAY2020 I had not been a pastor for a year when the children of someone in charge of our denomination told me they were regularly abused. Inexperienced as I

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Father Mark White and the Streisand Effect

Mark White McCarrick Streisand Title: Father Mark White and the Streisand Effect Author: Publisher: Henry County Enterprise Date: 20MAY2020 Back when I was a full-time journalist, I did several interviews with Father Mark White, the pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Martinsville and St. Francis of Assisi in Rocky Mount. Generally speaking, when a

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PETER WILKINSON AND GAIL GROSSMAN FREYNE. Historic Church Governance Report locked down by Australian Bishops

Secret Weapon Mass Destruction Title: PETER WILKINSON AND GAIL GROSSMAN FREYNE. Historic Church Governance Report locked down by Australian Bishops Author: John Menadue Publisher: John Menadue—Pearls and Irritations Date: 26MAY2020 On 4 May 2020 the Project Team commissioned by the Australian bishops and religious superiors to review the Catholic Church’s governance and management structures, presented

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Historic report withheld – Australian Bishops regress to ‘business as usual’

Light Southern Cross Secret Title: Media Release: Historic report withheld – Australian Bishops regress to ‘business as usual’ Author: Dr Peter Wilkinson and Publisher: Catholics For Renewal Date: 23MAY2020 A new ‘historic’, ‘substantial’, and ‘comprehensive’ report on Catholic Church governance The Light of the Southern Cross was handed to the Australian bishops on 4th May 2020.

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George Pell

THE CASE OF GEORGE PELL reckoning with child sexual abuse by clergy

George Pell Melissa Davey Title: THE CASE OF GEORGE PELL reckoning with child sexual abuse by clergy Author: Melissa Davey Publisher: Scribe Publications Date: Pre-order now. Possible release date August/September 2020. Guardian Australia’s Melbourne bureau chief, Melissa Davey covered Cardinal George Pell’s evidence at the royal commission into child sexual abuses, and attended each of

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Popes

The miracle John Paul II has yet to accomplish

Saint Clerical Abuse Coverups Title: The miracle John Paul II has yet to accomplish Author: Peter Isely Publisher: National Catholic Reporter NCROnline Date: 29APR2011 COMMENTARY Official history, Camus once observed, is written by those who make history, not those who suffer from it. Almost 20 years ago, A group of some 30 survivors of childhood

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