Tag: 2018 Pennsylvania grand jury report

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Second Part of Chapter 1 Draft

White McCarrick Book Chapter1 Title: Second Part of Chapter 1 Draft Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White blog Date: 12SEP2020 Ordained by a Predator, Chapter 1 “Summer 2018,” part two We went on with the business of parish life–Masses, confessions, weddings, quinceañeras, summer-vacation Bible School. I continued to try to fathom the depths

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News

Slew of church abuse lawsuits hinges on state court decision

State Church Abuse Lawsuits Title: Slew of church abuse lawsuits hinges on state court decision Author: Mark Scolforo Publisher: Associated Press Date: 14AUG2020 HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic dioceses have been hit with about 150 lawsuits from people who say they were sexually abused as children by priests and hope a state court

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Opinion

Explainer: What the church has done to fight clergy sex abuse since 2018’s ‘summer of shame’

Dulle Clergy Sex Abuse Title: Explainer: What the church has done to fight clergy sex abuse since 2018’s ‘summer of shame’ Author: Colleen Dulle Publisher: America Magazine Date: 14AUG2020 It has been two years since the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report was published on Aug. 14, 2018, documenting in at times disturbing detail at least 1,000 cases of

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Child Sexual Abuse

Victims question Kamala Harris’ record on clergy abuse

Victims Question Kamala Harris Title: Victims question Kamala Harris’ record on clergy abuse Author: Michael Rezendes Publisher: The Associated Press (AP) Date: 27JUN2019 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Joey Piscitelli was angry when Kamala Harris emerged as a contender for the Democratic presidential nomination. It brought back the frustration he felt in the 2000s, when he was

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Clergy abuse survivors call for more transparency

Transparency Release Files SNAP Title: Clergy abuse survivors call for more transparency Author: Rob Masson Publisher: Fox8 Live WVUE Date: 31JUL2020 NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) – Victims of clergy sex abuse are calling for a new level of transparency when it comes to abusive priests. They say under new church doctrine victims are entitled to

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‘I thought God had presented this guy’: 20 years after reporting clergy abuse to the University, a Notre Dame survivor shares his story

Mark Fuller Notre Dame Title: ‘I thought God had presented this guy’: 20 years after reporting clergy abuse to the University, a Notre Dame survivor shares his story Authors: Natalie Weber and Mary Steurer Publisher: The Observer Date: 03JUL2020 Mark Fuller, class of 1977, came forward with his experience of priest abuse in 2002. Notre Dame

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Two years since McCarrick allegations: A CNA timeline

Theodore McCarrick CNA Timeline Title: Two years since McCarrick allegations: A CNA timeline Author: Christine Rousselle Publisher: Catholic News Agency (CNA) Date: 19JUN2020 Washington D.C., Jun 19, 2020 / 07:00 pm MT (CNA).- June 20 marks two years since the announcement that credible allegations of sexual abuse had been raised against then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. In the

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Lawsuit: Man alleges Allentown Diocese priests sexually abused, tortured him in church basement in the 1970s

McGettigan Allentown Clerical Abuse Title: Lawsuit: Man alleges Allentown Diocese priests sexually abused, tortured him in church basement in the 1970s Author: Laurie Mason Schroeder Publisher: The Morning Call Date: 20MAY2020 A Texas man is suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown and one of its churches, St. Catharine of Siena in Reading, claiming he

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