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After being removed from his post for speaking out against abuse, a Martinsville Catholic priest takes his fight to DC

Father Mark White Washington

Title: After being removed from his post for speaking out against abuse, a Martinsville Catholic priest takes his fight to DC
Author: Santiago Melli-Huber
Publisher: WFXR TV
Date: 31JUL2020

WASHINGTON, DC (WFXR) — Father Mark White was in Washington, DC today, protesting outside the Catholic Church’s embassy, and he was not alone. Dozens of his congregants drove up from Rocky Mount and Martinsville with him.

“It’s sad to have to be here,” said White, “but I’m very much heartened and encouraged by all the people that are here with me and the solidarity with the victims of sexual abuse that everyone here is trying to express.”

White is the Catholic priest in Rocky Mount and Martinsville who was removed from his post and reassigned as a prison chaplain, because he refused to take down his blog. In that blog, he was frequently critical of the Catholic Church’s cover up of sexual abuse.

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