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James Still Deserves an Amanuensis + Lincoln’s Second Inaugural

Father Mark White Lincoln Title: James Still Deserves an Amanuensis + Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White Blog Date: 06 OCT2020 Abraham Lincoln faced defeat in the election in 1864. But then General William T. Sherman took Atlanta (as recounted in Gone With the Wind). The victory restored the voters’ faith

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Second Part of Chapter II Draft

Ordained By Theodore McCarrick Title: Second Part of Chapter II Draft Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White Blog Date: 26SEP2020 Ordained by a Predator, Chapter II, “What I Think Happened with McCarrick,” part 2. [Part 1 of Chapter II is here.; Chapter I is here.] Some of McCarrick’s victims had complained. McCarrick’s successor

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Book about the Crisis, Reviewed for Profiles in Catholicism

Mark White McCarrick Formicola Title: Book about the Crisis, Reviewed for Profiles in Catholicism Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White Blog Date: 26SEP2020 The on-line/print publication asked me to review  Papal Policies on Clerical Sexual Abuse: God Weepsby Jo Renee Formicola. They also published my review of the book on their “Clerical Sexual

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Update: “Remonstratio Placed Out of Time“

Placed Out of Time Title: Update: “Remonstratio Placed Out of Time” Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White Blog Date: 22SEP2020 On June 17, my canon lawyer received a letter from the Congregation of the Clergy in Rome. The letter said two things. 1. My lawyer never had standing to speak on my behalf.

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First Part of Chapter II Draft Ordained by a Predator

Predator Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Title: First Part of Chapter II Draft Ordained by a Predator, Chapter II, “What I Think Happened with McCarrick” Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White Blog Date: 21SEP2020 Pope John Paul II rode up Connecticut Avenue in Washington, D.C., standing in the back of an open car, smiling at

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Second Part of Chapter 1 Draft

White McCarrick Book Chapter1 Title: Second Part of Chapter 1 Draft Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White blog Date: 12SEP2020 Ordained by a Predator, Chapter 1 “Summer 2018,” part two We went on with the business of parish life–Masses, confessions, weddings, quinceañeras, summer-vacation Bible School. I continued to try to fathom the depths

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White McCarrick Book Draft

White McCarrick Book Draft Title: First Part of Chapter 1 Draft Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White Blog Date: 08SEP2020 Ordained by a Predator, Chapter 1 “Summer 2018” “Cardinal McCarrick has been credibly accused!” David the summer seminarian stood at my office door, upset. “Really?” That morning we had sat on the front

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Message for Parishioners

Father Mark Message Parishioners Title: Message for Parishioners Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White Blog Date: 06SEP2020 Happy Labor-Day weekend. We say goodbye to summer and try to get back to normal—or at least as normal as we can, with these masks, and everything that goes with them. Over two months ago, I

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Institutional Integrity Interview + Gulag Dispatch Compendium

Mark White Institutional Integrity Title: Institutional Integrity Interview + Gulag Dispatch Compendium Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White Blog Date: 28AUG2020 Dispatches from the Ecclesiastical Gulag #1 attempts to make sense of my “offenses” under Church law (May 15, 2020) #2 considers the Roman tribunal that will consider the case and asks for

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A Ghost Speaks

Theodore McCarrick Abuse Family Title: A Ghost Speaks Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White Blog Date: 19AUG2020 McCarrick Report? Let’s hear from the man himself… McCarrick discussed the [Spotlight] scandal and his recommendations for the church’s response at a luncheon with editors and reporters of The Washington Post. Few other prelates of his

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