David Clohessy Clergy Abuse Title: Tired of the drip, drip, drip of Catholic sexual abuse reports? Let’s try this. Author: David Clohessy Publisher: National Catholic Reporter (NCROnline) Date: 11AUG2021 Next year will mark the 50th anniversary of a then-secret crime: Fr. Gilbert Gauthe molested a boy in Louisiana in 1972. Over a decade later, that
Sheri Biasin Lost Files Title: A survivor’s quagmire | Two decades after a Cheshire woman reported clergy abuse, she’s back to square one, again. Was her file lost or destroyed? Author: Larry Parnass Publisher: The Berkshire Eagle Date: 07AUG2021 It began on the afternoon of her first Communion, the day Sheri A. Biasin, a reedy
Will Catholic Church Change? Title: The Catholic Church desperately needs to change, but will it do so? Author: Ruth Gledhill Publisher: Christian Today Date: 10JUN2021 There is no doubt that at long last, the Catholic Church has heard the message that survivors and others have been crying out for decades. There is a serious problem
Cardinal Reinhard Marx Explainer Title: Explainer: Cardinal Marx wasn’t accused of sexual abuse or cover-up. So why has he offered to resign? Author: Gerard O’Connell Publisher: America Magazine (America Media) Date: 09JUN2021 While Cardinal Reinhard Marx has long been a mover and shaker in the Catholic Church both in Germany and at the universal level,
Cardinal Reinhard Marx Resignation Title: Cardinal Marx offers Pope Francis his resignation, citing ‘responsibility for the catastrophe of sexual abuse’ Author: Gerard O’Connell Publisher: America Media/America Magazine Date: 04JUN2021 In a decision that has sent shock waves through the German Catholic Church, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, 67, the archbishop of Munich and Freising, revealed that on
New Orleans Clergy Abuse Title: New Orleans priest continued serving 13 years after abuse claim landed him in treatment Author: David Hammer and Ramon Antonio Vargas, WWL-TV & Staff Writer Publisher: NOLA.com Date: 23JUL2020 Sixteen years ago, Ricky Monsour spoke up for the first time about how he was groomed and molested in his boyhood
“Unprecedented” Birmingham Clergy Abuse Title: “Unprecedented” decision to treble compensation paid to Birmingham abuse victims Author: Catherine Pepinster Publisher: The Tablet Date: 21JUL2020 According to one expert, it is the first time in 25 years that a further offer of financial compensation has been made to victims. The Archdiocese of Birmingham has made an unprecedented
The Cruel Massachusetts Cesspool Title: The Cruel Massachusetts Cesspool Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White Blog Date: 18JUL2020 [A long and complicated story, dear reader. And painful. But true. And important.] In volume III of her historical study Rite of Sodomy, Randy Engel describes how she began an extended personal correspondence with an inmate