Endemic secrecy Catholic Church Title: Endemic secrecy in the Catholic Church Author: Francis Sullivan Publisher: John Menadue – Pearls and Irritations Date: 13AUG2020 Throughout the child sexual abuse Royal Commission the inquirers regularly asked why institutions not only tolerated child abusers but actively concealed their crimes. Secrecy was endemic in the culture of these institutions.
Catholic Diocese Pittsburgh Lawsuit Title: New lawsuit claims Ellwood priest molested siblings for years Author: Chrissy Suttles Publisher: The Times Date: 12AUG2020 ELLWOOD CITY — A Pennsylvania man is suing the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh decades after he says he and his sister were sexually assaulted by a priest in Lawrence County. The complaint filed
Happy Transfiguration Day McCarrick Title: The One Who Sees Us Through Disaster Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White blog, Date: 06AUG2020 Happy Transfiguration Day. This coming Sunday, at Holy Mass we will read… The boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it. Shortly
FBI Priest Francis Hughes Title: FBI: Queens Priest Shared Sexually Explicit Texts, Photos With 15-Year-Old Boy Author: Erica Brosnan Publisher: WCBS 880 Date: 29JUL2020 Francis Hughes, 65, a pastor at a religious institution in Glendale, is charged with receiving images of child pornography via text from a 15-year-old minor in Westchester.“The allegations against Francis Hughes are
Episcopal Conferences Seem Paralysed Title: Reflections on sixty years as a priest Author: Eric Hodgens Publisher: John Menadue – Pearls and Irritations Date: 31JUL2020 The more reflective component of the Church is crying out for imaginative leadership on the ministry crisis and institutional re-organisation. But episcopal conferences seem paralysed. Ordained in 1960 my major anniversaries
Opus Dei Cociña Guilty Title: Abuse victim of Opus Dei priest wants case to be acknowledged Author: Ines San Martin Publisher: Crux Date: 13JUL2020 ROSARIO, Argentina – On June 30, Father Manuel Cociña, a Spaniard, became the first priest belonging to the personal prelature of Opus Dei to be found guilty and sentenced by the
Delicta Graviora Nathan Doe Title: Delicta Graviora – An Essay for the Faithful Author: “Nathan Doe” Publisher: Essay For The Faithful blog Date: 05JUN2020 Update from Nathan A Message of Hope As we navigate this period of intense pain, heartache, anger, and frustration across our nation, I wanted to offer a positive message to my Catholic brothers
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,
Leaked Light Southern Cross Title: May the Global Church Discover ‘Light from the Southern Cross’ Author: Richard R. Gaillardetz Publisher: Catholic Outlook with permission from La Croix International. Date: 04JUN2020 Review and analysis of “potentially groundbreaking document” on Church governance As the entire world struggles with the challenges, tragedies, and constraints imposed by the current
Denton Guam Apuron Niland Title: ‘Look what he’s taken from me’: the deadly toll of Catholic church sex abuse on Guam Author: Anita Hofschneider Publisher: The Guardian Date: 30MAY2020 Roosters crow in the distance as Walter Denton gestures toward a white one-storey concrete building behind a church in Agat, a village in southern Guam. “You