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News

Vatican clears retired US bishop of multiple abuse claims

Vatican Clears Joseph Hart Title: Vatican clears retired US bishop of multiple abuse claims Author: Nicole Winfield & Colleen Slevin Publisher: The Associated Press Date: 26Jan2021 ROME (AP) — The Vatican has cleared a retired U.S. bishop of multiple allegations he sexually abused minors and teenagers, rejecting lay experts’ determination that a half-dozen claims were

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Opinion

McCarrick report shows a church infected with unchecked clericalism

McCarrick Report Sick Church Title: McCarrick report shows a church infected with unchecked clericalism Author: Lisa Fullam Publisher: National Catholic Reporter Date: 29DEC2020 The Vatican’s report on defrocked Cardinal Theodore McCarrick revealed sexual abuse of adults and minors by a Catholic cleric and its cover-up by church officials — more of the same pattern we’ve

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Podcast

Podcast: Abuse survivor Juan Carlos Cruz responds to the McCarrick Report

Survivor Juan Carlos Cruz Title:  Podcast: Abuse survivor Juan Carlos Cruz responds to the McCarrick Report Podcast Host:  Colleen Dulle Guest:  Juan Carlos Cruz Publisher:  America Magazine (America Media) Date: 23NOV2020 Juan Carlos Cruz is an abuse survivor and advocate who has the pope’s ear when it comes to clerical sexual abuse. In 2018, when

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Pope Francis abolishes pontifical
Opinion

Please press ‘mute’ to the US bishops

McCarrick Report Mute Bishops Title: Please press ‘mute’ to the US bishops Author: Michael Sean Winters Publisher: National Catholic Reporter (NCR Online) Date: 17NOV2020 The first day of the plenary meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops was disappointing in virtually every regard. Indeed, the only good idea to come from this virtual

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Pope Francis abolishes pontifical
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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Pope Francis abolishes pontifical
Vatican

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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Pope Francis abolishes pontifical
Opinion

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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