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Opinion

McCarrick report shows former cardinal’s character: ambitious, brazen, untouchable

Ambitious Brazen Untouchable McCarrick Title: McCarrick report shows former cardinal’s character: ambitious, brazen, untouchable Author: Fr. Peter Daly Publisher: National Catholic Reporter Date: 08DEC2020 Seventeen! That’s the most shocking number in the Vatican’s 449-page report on ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. McCarrick appears to have molested 17 “postpubescent boys or young men” over the course of his

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The U.K. is reckoning with a clerical sex abuse crisis. Again.

United Kingdom Clerical Abuse Title: The U.K. is reckoning with a clerical sex abuse crisis. Again. Author: Ricardo da Silva, S.J. Publisher: America Magazine Date: 03DEC2020 Editor’s note: This article contains descriptions of child sexual abuse and trauma.On the night before her confirmation, Sue Cox was sexually abused by a Catholic priest at a convent

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Podcast

Podcast: Abuse survivor Juan Carlos Cruz responds to the McCarrick Report

Survivor Juan Carlos Cruz Title:  Podcast: Abuse survivor Juan Carlos Cruz responds to the McCarrick Report Podcast Host:  Colleen Dulle Guest:  Juan Carlos Cruz Publisher:  America Magazine (America Media) Date: 23NOV2020 Juan Carlos Cruz is an abuse survivor and advocate who has the pope’s ear when it comes to clerical sexual abuse. In 2018, when

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Podcast

Podcast: The McCarrick report set a precedent. Other survivors want their reports published, too.

Vatican McCarrick Report Precedent Title:  Podcast: The McCarrick report set a precedent. Other survivors want their reports published, too. Podcast Producer & Host: Colleen Dulle Co-Host:  Gerard O’Connell Publisher:  America Magazine Date: 18NOV2020 Last week, the Vatican released its report on how former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick was able to rise through the ranks of the church hierarchy

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Opinion

Please press ‘mute’ to the US bishops

McCarrick Report Mute Bishops Title: Please press ‘mute’ to the US bishops Author: Michael Sean Winters Publisher: National Catholic Reporter (NCR Online) Date: 17NOV2020 The first day of the plenary meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops was disappointing in virtually every regard. Indeed, the only good idea to come from this virtual

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McCarrick report rings familiar to former Newark seminarians

McCarrick Report Newark Seminarians Title: McCarrick report rings familiar to former Newark seminarians Author: Peter Feuerherd Publisher: National Catholic Reporter (NCROnline) Date: 17NOV2020 While some reacted with shock to a report released Nov. 10 by the Vatican detailing how church officials ignored former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s long history of sexual abuse, one group was not

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Opinion

Bishops shouldn’t investigate one another. Their U.S. conference must enact reforms.

US Catholic Conference Bishops Title: Bishops shouldn’t investigate one another. Their U.S. conference must enact reforms. Author: Editorial Board Publisher: Washington Post Date: 13NOV2020 AS THE Catholic Church was reeling two years ago in the aftermath of revelations that former cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, one of the highest-profile prelates in this country, was a serial sexual

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McCarrick whistleblower: ‘At last, somebody was going to pay attention to what I had to say’

McCarrick Report Boniface Ramsey Title: McCarrick whistleblower: ‘At last, somebody was going to pay attention to what I had to say’ Author: Brian Fraga Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor Date: 13NOV2020 For more than 30 years, Father Boniface Ramsey tried to tell any Church leader who would listen about his concerns regarding former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s

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Pope Francis responds to McCarrick report with vow to end sexual abuse

Pope Francis McCarrick Report Title: Pope Francis responds to McCarrick report with vow to end sexual abuse Author: Chico Harlan and StefanoPitrelli Publisher: The Washington Post Date: 11NOV2020 ROME — Pope Francis on Wednesday vowed to “eradicate” the evil of sexual abuse from the Catholic Church, one day after an investigation into the case of

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