Tag: canon law

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Jeremy Leatherby: Details emerge of charges against excommunicated priest

Jeremy Leatherby excommunicated priest Title: Jeremy Leatherby: Details emerge of charges against excommunicated priest Author: Christopher Altieri Publisher: Catholic Herald Date: 12AUG2020 Readers should be advised that this story contains potentially disturbing details of sexual abuse allegations. The Catholic Herald has learned that the Sacramento priest excommunicated for schism earlier this month is accused of grave

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Opinion

Endemic secrecy in the Catholic Church

Endemic secrecy Catholic Church Title: Endemic secrecy in the Catholic Church Author: Francis Sullivan Publisher: John Menadue – Pearls and Irritations Date: 13AUG2020 Throughout the child sexual abuse Royal Commission the inquirers regularly asked why institutions not only tolerated child abusers but actively concealed their crimes. Secrecy was endemic in the culture of these institutions.

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New lawsuit claims Ellwood priest molested siblings for years

Catholic Diocese Pittsburgh Lawsuit Title: New lawsuit claims Ellwood priest molested siblings for years Author: Chrissy Suttles Publisher: The Times Date: 12AUG2020 ELLWOOD CITY — A Pennsylvania man is suing the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh decades after he says he and his sister were sexually assaulted by a priest in Lawrence County. The complaint filed

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Blog

McCarrick Articles

Uncle Ted McCarrick Articles Title: McCarrick Articles Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White Blog Date: 12AUG2020 Conscientious people recognize that the Church in the United States cannot live Her life in any kind of healthy manner without coming clean regarding the decades-long McCarrick Cover-up. Catholics and non-Catholics alike realize this. Conservative Catholics and

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Paedophile priest Vincent Gerard Ryan has priestly faculties removed

Ryan Priestly Faculties Removed Title: Paedophile priest Vincent Gerard Ryan has priestly faculties removed Author: Giselle Wakatama Publisher: ABC News Date:  10AUG2020 The notorious paedophile priest Vincent Gerard Ryan will no longer be permitted to celebrate the sacraments or dress as a priest, after a decision to remove his priestly faculties. Key points: The 82-year-old

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Child Sexual Abuse

Silenced priest warns of gay crisis

Priest Silenced Church Crisis Title: Silenced priest warns of gay crisis Author: Julia Duin Publisher: The Washington Times [Arlington VA] Date: 15NOV2004 Starting today, 290 of the nation’s Catholic bishops will meet at the Capitol Hyatt for their yearly business meeting and to tie up loose ends on the massive sexual-abuse crisis that has shaken

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Pope says fighting clerical abuse fosters deeper respect for life

Pope Fighting Clerical Abuse Title: Pope says fighting clerical abuse fosters deeper respect for life Author: Ines San Martin Publisher: Crux Date: 06AUG2020 ROSARIO, Argentina – Beyond the obvious reasons to fight clerical sexual abuse, above all the damage such abuse inflicts on victims, Pope Francis has added another argument: The effort to prevent abuse,

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Archdiocese of St. John’s deemed to be vicariously liable in Mount Cashel victims’ suit

Archdiocese vicariously liable Canada Title: Archdiocese of St. John’s deemed to be vicariously liable in Mount Cashel victims’ suit Author: Zena Olijnyk Publisher: Canadian Lawyer Magazine Date: 04AUG2020 A landmark ruling in the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal, which found that the Archdiocese of St. John’s has a responsibility to compensate victims of the

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Child Sexual Abuse

New Abuse Lawsuit Filed Concerning Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick

Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Title: New Abuse Lawsuit Filed Concerning Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Author: Joseph H. Saunders Publisher: Los Angeles Legal Examiner Date: 03AUG2020 Today, I filed a civil sexual abuse lawsuit against the Diocese of Metuchen concerning a courageous survivor who was abused by McCarrick in the early 1980’s when McCarrick was the bishop

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Gulag Dispatch #8: Canonical Arguments + the Secret McCarrick Report

Mark White McCarrick Report Title: Gulag Dispatch #8: Canonical Arguments + the Secret McCarrick Report Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White Blog Date: 04AUG2020 Just over a month ago, on June 29, my dear canonist wrote to Bishop Barry Knestout, submitting a petition under Church law. Michael asked that the bishop revoke his

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