Mark White Kieran Tapsell Title: The Cult of Secrecy Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White Blog Date: 22JUN2021 On November 21, 2019, Bishop Barry Knestout appeared unexpectedly at St. Francis of Assisi parish in Rocky Mount, Virginia. He insisted on meeting privately with me. (The bishop had the Vicar General with him.) The
Kieran Tapsell Vademecum Analysis Title: Pope Francis finally makes bishops accountable for cover-ups Author: Kieran Tapsell Publisher: John Menadue-Pearls and Irritations Date: 24JUL2020 On 16 July 2020, the Vatican published a manual for dealing with allegations of child sexual abuse against Church personnel. It marks a significant change in culture expressed in canon law for
Pope Francis Canon Law Author: Joolsmagools® Publication: Change Org website Date: 21DEC2019 Jools Magools® started this petition to Pope Francis (Pontifex) and 2 others Pope Francis please plug Canon Laws. Sexual abuse and cover ups are crimes. Please mandate ALL abuse is to be reported to civil authorities. Please dismiss from the clerical state perpetrators of sexual abuse crimes and
Kieran Tapsell Cunneen Report Author: Kieran Tapsell Publication: John Menadue – Pearls and Irritations blog Date: 02JUN2014 On 30 May 2014, the Report of the Special Commission of Inquiry into Matters relating to the Police Investigation of Certain Child Sexual Abuse Allegations in the Catholic Diocese of Maitland–Newcastle (“Cunneen Report”) was published by the New
Pontifical Secret Secretly Buried? Author: Kieran Tapsell Title: KIERAN TAPSELL: Has the Pontifical Secret Been Secretly Buried? Publication: John Menadue – Pearls and Irritations blog Date: 12JUN2019 After the criticisms of the pontifical secret at the February summit conference in Rome on child sexual abuse, it was widely expected that it would be abolished. It
Author: Kieran Tapsell Publication: John Menadue – Pearls and Irritations blog Date: 20DEC2019 On 17 December 2019, Pope Francis abolished “Pontifical Secret” in a document entitled Instruction on the Confidentiality of Legal Proceedings. Archbishop Scicluna, who has been at the forefront of reforms, is reported to have said: “local dioceses and religious congregations have the
Kieran Tapsell. Canon Law Title: Canon Law and the Truth, Justice and Healing Council Author: Kieran Tapsell Publication: John Menadue – Pearls and Irritations Date: 16JUN2014 “Francis Sullivan, CEO of the Truth Justice and Healing Council said it appears clear that canonical issues have struggled to keep pace with the realities of how to deal
Popes ordered silence Title: Popes ordered silence, former judge Kieran Tapsell claims in book Author: Joanne McCarthy Publication: Newcastle Herald Date: 09JUN2014 A FORMER NSW judge who studied to be a priest with a future notorious Hunter child sex offender has launched a devastating critique of the Catholic Church’s six popes, including two new saints, who
About Pontifical Secret OPEN LETTER TO POPE LEO XIV Your Holiness Pope Leo XIV, I write to you not as a theologian or canon lawyer, but as a voice for victims, for truth — and for countless children silenced by the Catholic Church’s misuse of secrecy, power, and privilege. For decades, the Vatican has protected