StandUpSpeakUp Tim Lennon SNAP Title: New Survivor Blog — StandUpSpeakUp.org Author: Tim Lennon, President of the Board Directors Publisher: Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, SNAP Date: 23JUN2020 Dear Friends, I started a blog. In the last ten years of advocacy and activism with the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, SNAP, I corresponded, talked,
OSV Release McCarrick Report Title: Editorial: For the good of the Church, release the McCarrick report Authors: Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board: Gretchen R. Crowe, Scott P. Richert, Scott Warden, York Young Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor Date: 23JUN2020 That June 20 came and went quietly effectively communicates the current status of the Vatican’s long-anticipated report on
Irish Laypeople deplore clericalism Title: Irish laypeople deplore bishops’ financial opacity, clericalism in managing diocesan accounts Author: Cameron Doody Publisher: Novena News Date: 22JUN2020 Irish laypeople have deplored their bishops’ financial opacity and clericalism in managing diocesan accounts. The complaint came in the latest edition of the transparency tables of We Are Church Ireland. The importance
Procurator Technicality White Knestout Title: Letter to Parishioners Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White Blog Date: 21JUN2020 My Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, [Spanish] I hope this finds you well, enjoying a happy Fathers’ Day. I have missed seeing you regularly these past months. The virus has separated us, and continues
Springfield Bishop Christopher Weldon Title: Report on sexual abuse allegations against late Springfield Bishop Christopher Weldon could prove pivotal Author: Anne-Gerard Flynn Publisher: MassLive Media Date: 22JUN2020 A soon-to-be-released report nearly a year in the making could shed light on decades of sexual abuse by clergy in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield and forever
Canon Law Child Abuse Title: Canon Law commentary provides answers regarding child abuse by Catholic clergy Author: Alexandra Ilitch Sharing answers from “Canon Law: Letter and Spirit : a Practical Guide to the Code of Canon Law” by Geoffrey Chapman 1995. Publisher: Veracity Date: 19JUN2020 For more information visit: https://veracitynews.online/canon-law-commentary-provides-answers-regarding-child-abuse-by-catholic-clergy/
Police Racism Clergy Abuse Title: In police racism and clergy abuse, hold leaders accountable Author: John Garvey Publisher: Catholic Philly Date: 19JUN2020 It might just be a reflection of my own intellectual preoccupations, but I can’t help but notice some parallels in our efforts to end both police racism and clergy sexual abuse. One concerns the way
Church sexual abuse Indonesia Title: Cops nab Indonesian church worker for molesting altar boys Author: Ryan Dagur Publisher: Herald Malaysia Date: 19JUN2020 A church worker in Indonesia has been charged with sexually abusing at least 20 altar boys in what is being touted as the first sexual abuse case involving the country’s Catholic Church to
Why JobKeeper Catholic Church? Title: Why, in God’s name, is the Catholic Church getting JobKeeper? Author: Michael Bradley Publisher: Crikey Date: 19JUN2020 The Catholic Church has an asset base estimated to be worth more than $30 billion in Australia alone. Even if it’s legal for them to access JobKeeper, how is it ethical? I do occasionally
Catholic Church Australia Warhurst Title: Who speaks for the Catholic church? Author: John Warhurst Publisher: Eureka Street Date: 18JUN2020 Discussion of church life in Australia is incomplete without consideration of who speaks for the church at the national level. The answer to the question ‘Who presides over the Catholic church in Australia?’ is more complicated than