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‘It’s crushing’: Survivors react to McCarrick abuse report

Survivors React McCarrick Report Title: ‘It’s crushing’: Survivors react to McCarrick abuse report Author: Sarah Rankin Publisher: Associated Press Date: 12NOV2020 RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Men who have come forward with allegations of abuse by former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick expressed disgust, frustration and outrage after an internal Vatican report outlined what was known about the

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Deep Dive: The McCarrick Report and the popes it implicates

McCarrick Report America Magazine Title: Deep Dive: The McCarrick Report and the popes it implicates Author: Gerard O’Connell Publisher: America Magazine Date: 10NOV2020 In a long awaited act of transparency, fulfilling a commitment from Pope Francis, the Vatican has today published a report based on a two-year internal investigationinto the career of former cardinal Theodore

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Opinion

The Vatican Owes Survivors a Response, Morally and According to Canon Law

Vatican Owes Survivors Response Title: The Vatican Owes Survivors a Response, Morally and According to Canon Law Author: Kevin Bourgeois and Zach Hiner Publisher: SNAP New Orleans Date: 06NOV2020 On Friday, October 9, 2020, the New Orleans Chapter of SNAP and its Executive Director mailed a letter to the Apostolic Nunciature in Washington, DC, and to

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Former Woonsocket priest charged with molesting three boys

Rev John Petrocelli Indictment Title: Former Woonsocket priest charged with molesting three boys Author: Amanda Milkovits Publisher: The Boston Globe Date: 05NOV2020 The indictment of former Rev. John Petrocelli is the first criminal case under the attorney general’s review of the Providence Diocese PROVIDENCE — A former priest on the Diocese of Providence’s list of

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‘McCarrick Report’ could be ‘black-eye’ for Church, Cardinal Dolan says

Catholic Church Black Eye Title: ‘McCarrick Report’ could be ‘black-eye’ for Church, Cardinal Dolan says Author: CNA Staff Publisher: Catholic News Agency (CNA) Date: 05NOV2020 The Archbishop of New York said Thursday that a long-awaited Vatican report on the career of former cardinal Theodore McCarrick could be a “black eye” for the Church. The report

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Report: Cardinal Woelki would step down if implicated in abuse cover-ups

Cardinal Woelki abuse cover-ups Title: Report: Cardinal Woelki would step down if implicated in abuse cover-ups Author: CNS Staff Publisher: Crux (via CNS) Date: 30OCT2020 COLOGNE, Germany — Cologne Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki would resign from his office if the sexual abuse study he commissioned implicated him in any cover-ups, according to the Cologne Archdiocese.The

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Podcast

Father Doyle: Uncovering Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church

Father Thomas Doyle Podcast Title: Father Doyle: Uncovering Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church Presenter: Attorney Steve Heisler Publisher: Injured Senior Podcast Date: 20OCT2020 EPISODE NOTES About Father Doyle: Tom Doyle, is a truly heroic advocate for transparency and accountability in the Catholic Church, in all churches and synagogues and mosques. There are more than

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Poland becomes testing ground for Vatican’s new anti-abuse legislation

Jan Wodniak Tadeusz Rakoczy Title: Poland becomes testing ground for Vatican’s new anti-abuse legislation Author: Paulina Guzik Publisher: Crux Date: 15OCT2020 In 1984 in the town of Międzybrodzie in southwestern Poland, a boy was abused by the local parish priest for more than five years, beginning when he was 12. Today, more than thirty-six years later,

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