Tag: Boston Globe

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Honoring the Legacy & Impact of “Spotlight” Editor Marty Baron

“Spotlight” Editor Marty Baron Title: Honoring the Legacy & Impact of “Spotlight” Editor Marty Baron Author: Jeff Anderson Publisher: Jeff Anderson & Associates Date: 01MAR2021 On February 28, 2021, Washington Post Executive Editor Martin “Marty” Baron retired from journalism. His legacy and his influence on the clergy sexual abuse survivors’ movement cannot be understated. It’s

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News

The Conscience of the Catholic Church

Catholic Anne Barrett Doyle Title: The Conscience of the Catholic Church Author: Rose Minutaglio Publisher: Elle Date: 26FEB2021 “Are you Catholic?” Anne Barrett Doyle smiled at me expectantly with kind, sea-green eyes. It was months before the pandemic hit, and Barrett Doyle had invited me over to the Boston loft she and her husband moved

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The McCarrick of Wyoming

Bishop Joseph Hart Abuse Title: The McCarrick of Wyoming Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White Blog Date: 10FEB2021 This is the second of the two posts I promised, proving that the current ecclesiastical hierarchy continues to operate according to this long-debunked, wrong-headed principle: Sexual abuse is a shameful private matter that should be

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SIPE: SEX, LIES, AND THE PRIESTHOOD

Sipe Sex Lies Priesthood Title: SIPE: SEX, LIES, AND THE PRIESTHOOD Author: Salem Film Fest Date: World Premiere on February 20, 2021 Publisher: SipeFilm.com We are pleased to announce our Salem Film Fest presentation of SIPE: SEX, LIES, AND THE PRIESTHOOD. Streaming of the film will be available starting on Saturday, February 20, 2021, at

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Madonnina
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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News

Sins of the fathers: Ireland’s sex abuse survivors

Ireland’s Clergy Abuse Survivors Title: Sins of the fathers: Ireland’s sex abuse survivors Author: Euronews Staff Publisher: Euronews Date: 27NOV2020 Revelations of sexual abuse inside the Catholic church shook Ireland to its core. Unreported Europe speaks to those who survived the paedophile priests and examines if the church has truly taken responsibility for the scandal.

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‘It’s crushing’: Survivors react to McCarrick abuse report

Survivors React McCarrick Report Title: ‘It’s crushing’: Survivors react to McCarrick abuse report Author: Sarah Rankin Publisher: Associated Press Date: 12NOV2020 RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Men who have come forward with allegations of abuse by former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick expressed disgust, frustration and outrage after an internal Vatican report outlined what was known about the

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News

Paul Shanley, priest at center of sex scandal, dead at 89

Paul Shanley Predator Priest Title: Paul Shanley, priest at center of sex scandal, dead at 89 Author: Associated Press (AP) Publisher: Martinsville Bulletin Date: 06NOV2020 RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT DATE OF DEATH TO OCT. 28, 2020 – FILE – This undated identification photo released Friday, July 28, 2017, via the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry

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News

Ousted priest writes new book: “Ordained by a Predator”

Father Mark White Book Title: Ousted priest writes new book: “Ordained by a Predator” Author: Bill Wyatt Publisher: Martinsville Bulletin Date: 19OCT2020 The next chapter of Father Mark White’s story has been written, quite literally, by White himself.White, who was ousted as priest of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Martinsville and St. Francis of Assisi in

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Opinion

Guest Post: Book Review

Death Of Altar Boy Title: Guest Post: Book Review Author: Ann White Publisher: Father Mark White Blog Date: 10OCT2020 Death of an Altar Boy: The Unsolved Murder of Danny Croteau and the Culture of Abuse in the Catholic Church by E.J. Fleming, 2018. Reviewed by Ann White In 1972, thirteen year-old Danny Croteau was found

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