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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

OUR VIEW: The case is made for Father Mark White

Father Mark White McCarrick Title: OUR VIEW: The case is made for Father Mark White Author: Editors Publisher: Martinsville Bulletin Date: 14NOV2020 We would surmise that Father Mark White experienced a day of atonement this week. We would guess that at the very least his priestly decorum must have been tested to some extent. If

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Report on the Holy See’s Institutional Knowledge and Decision-Making Related to Former Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick (1930-2017)

Theodore McCarrick Vatican Report Title: Report on the Holy See’s Institutional Knowledge and Decision-Making Related to Former Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick (1930-2017) Prepared by: Secretariat of State of the Holy See Publisher: Vatican News Date:  10NOV2020 After more than 2 years, you will find a link here. Link to McCarrick Report: http://www.vatican.va/resources/resources_rapporto-card-mccarrick_20201110_en.pdf?fbclid=IwAR23D6geNaUGQCMLLQ38RBjTy742HvhBlKyNg-dR1L1xp3Z1qDGC1namKzM

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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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Opinion

Report shows ‘tragic incompetence’ on McCarrick, Barron says

McCarrick Report Bishop Barron Title: Report shows ‘tragic incompetence’ on McCarrick, Barron says Author: John L. Allen Jr Publisher: Crux Date:  13NOV2020 ROME – At the heart of the Vatican’s recent report on the case of ex-cardinal and ex-priest Theodore McCarrick is a story of “tragic incompetence” fueled by a “self-referential and self-protective” clerical culture,

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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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McC Report Literary Genre

McCarrick Report Mark White Title: McC Report Literary Genre Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White Blog Date: 13NOV2020 Happy Friday, Mother-Cabrini 13th. The pope declared her to be in heaven 82 years ago today. — I present my literary analysis of the Vatican McCarrick Report… On the one hand: The report contains testimony

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N.J. bishops’ letters helped pave McCarrick’s path to power

Bishop Edward Hughes McCarrick Title: N.J. bishops’ letters helped pave McCarrick’s path to power Author: Barb Fraze Publisher: Catholic Philly Date: 12NOV2020 WASHINGTON (CNS) — When the papal nuncio to the United States was asked to investigate rumors about Theodore E. McCarrick’s sexual activities, he consulted the bishops who had lived in close contact with,

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Opinion

The McCarrick Report confirms it: Clericalism powered the sex abuse crisis.

Clericalism Sex Abuse Crisis Title: The McCarrick Report confirms it: Clericalism powered the sex abuse crisis. Author:  Sam Sawyer, S.J. Publisher: America Magazine Date: 12NOV2020 People have been scouring the 461 pages of the McCarrick Report, looking for a smoking gun that definitively explains what went wrong and who should be held responsible for the

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The McCarrick Report lacked an outside investigator. It shows.

McCarrick Report America Editors Title: The McCarrick Report lacked an outside investigator. It shows. Author: The Editors Publisher: America Magazine Date: 12NOV2020 The release by the Vatican Secretary of State of the “McCarrick Report” on Nov. 10 was a signal moment for the Catholic Church, an unprecedented reckoning with corporate and personal failings on an

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