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Madonnina
Opinion

Grindr Exposé on Anti-LGBTQ Priest Points to Staggering Church Hypocrisy

James Finn Jeffrey Burrill Title: Grindr Exposé on Anti-LGBTQ Priest Points to Staggering Church Hypocrisy Author: James Finn Publisher: whosoever.org Reprinted from Medium with permission of the author. Date: 24JUL2021 Powerful priest exposes Church hate speech Last autumn as the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops actively lobbied Congress to kill a proposed national suicide hotline because it directed help

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July 25, 2021 No Comments
Madonnina
Opinion

Conversion bill debate reveals Church’s hypocrisy

Comensoli Catholic Church Hypocrites Title: Conversion bill debate reveals Church’s hypocrisy Author: Daniel Comensoli Publisher: The Age Date: 02FEB2021 I feel uncomfortable writing this; and wondered whether it was even worth it. But I believe the legislation currently before the Victorian Upper House to prohibit LGBTQA+ conversion practices in Victoria is too important an issue

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February 3, 2021 No Comments
Madonnina
Vigano

Viganò accuses Pope Francis of slander and hypocrisy in new letter

Vigano Pope Francis McCarrick Title: Viganò accuses Pope Francis of slander and hypocrisy in new letter Author: Gerard O’Connell Publisher: America Date: 28SEP2018 Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the former papal nuncio to the United States, has issued a second statement in which he attacks Pope Francis for not responding to the allegation that he covered up

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June 8, 2020 No Comments
Madonnina
Crimen Sollicitationis

Grindr, blackmail and confession: The life of a gay seminarian

Grindr Blackmail Gay Seminarians Title: Grindr, blackmail and confession: The life of a gay seminarian Author: Frédéric Martel Publisher: The Irish Times Date: 02MAR2019 Frédéric Martel on power, homosexuality and hypocrisy in the closet of the Vatican. Ydier and Axel are two seminarians whom I meet at the Mario Mieli cultural centre, in Rome. (Their

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July 22, 2021 No Comments
Madonnina
Opinion

Reforming the Vatican’s Code of Canon law, #MeToo Insights, and Zero Tolerance

Verdict Justia Canon Law Title: Reforming the Vatican’s Code of Canon law, #MeToo Insights, and Zero Tolerance Author: Lesley Wexler Publisher: Verdict Justia Date: 24JUN2021 In recent days, Pope Francis has described the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse crisis as a worldwide catastrophe. He urged that the Catholic Church end its “head-in-sand policy”, acknowledge its institutional

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June 24, 2021 No Comments
Madonnina
Opinion

Can organized religion hold onto its members?

Catholic Opinion Frances Coleman Title: Can organized religion hold onto its members? Author: Frances Coleman Publisher: Advance Local Media Date: 30APR2021 Consider this headline from a few weeks ago: “U.S. Church Membership Falls Below Majority for First Time.” Here in the Bible Belt, the headline may be hard to believe, but allow me to present

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May 1, 2021 No Comments
Madonnina
Blog

Vatican Fails Again to Put Promise to Action – Reverses Diocese Decision That Sex Abuse Allegations Are Credible

Bishop Joseph H. Hart Title: Vatican Fails Again to Put Promise to Action – Reverses Diocese Decision That Sex Abuse Allegations Are Credible Author: Josh Peck Publisher: Anderson Advocates & Associates Date: 29JAN2021 Although a diocesan review board determined that at least six child sex abuse allegations against former Bishop Joseph H. Hart were credible,

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January 30, 2021 No Comments
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Child Sexual Abuse

A.W. Richard Sipe, a Leading Expert on Clergy Sex Abuse, Dies at 85

Sipe Clergy Sex Abuse Title: A.W. Richard Sipe, a Leading Expert on Clergy Sex Abuse, Dies at 85 Author: Sharon Otterman Publisher: The New York Times Date: 09AUG2018 A. W. Richard Sipe, a researcher, psychotherapist and former priest who spent his life studying the roots of sex abuse within the Roman Catholic Church, becoming one

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September 2, 2020 No Comments
Madonnina
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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August 13, 2020 No Comments