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Abuse survivor Phil Saviano said something profound by having a Catholic funeral

Abuse survivor Phil Saviano Title: Abuse survivor Phil Saviano said something profound by having a Catholic funeral Author: Terence McKiernan, Publisher: National Catholic Reporter (NCROnline) Date: 08DEC2021 Almost 20 years ago, clergy abuse survivor Phil Saviano told the first Voice of the Faithful conference: “I am not faithful.” He said the repeated assaults he suffered

December 9, 2021 No Comments

News

Phil Saviano, clergy abuse victim who refused to stay silent, dies at 69

Phil Saviano Clergy Abuse Title: Phil Saviano, clergy abuse victim who refused to stay silent, dies at 69 Author: Bryan Marquard Publisher: The Boston Globe Date: 28NOV2021 Phil Saviano was near death from AIDS three decades ago and thousands of dollars in debt when the Worcester Diocese tried to silence him with a settlement that

November 29, 2021 No Comments

Opinion

Tired of the drip, drip, drip of Catholic sexual abuse reports? Let’s try this.

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

August 11, 2021 1 Comment

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Defrocked cardinal Theodore McCarrick charged with sexually assaulting teenager in 1970s

Defrocked cardinal Theodore McCarrick Title: Defrocked cardinal Theodore McCarrick charged with sexually assaulting teenager in 1970s Author: Shelley Murphy Publisher: The Boston Globe Date: 29JUL2021 Defrocked former cardinal Theodore McCarrick was charged Wednesday with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy during a wedding reception at Wellesley College in the 1970s, making him the highest-ranking Roman Catholic

July 30, 2021 No Comments

Opinion

It’s time for our Catholic president to address the church’s sexual abuse scandal

President Biden David Clohessy Title: It’s time for our Catholic president to address the church’s sexual abuse scandal Author: David Clohessy | Religion News Service Publisher: The Washington Post Date: 13MAY2021 (RNS) — The unemployed. The unvaccinated. The front-line health care workers. The struggling small-business owners. The kids who should be back in school. Millions need

May 14, 2021 No Comments

Opinion

Catholics owe Marty Baron a debt of gratitude. He told us the truth about the clerical sex abuse crisis.

Marty Baron Clerical Abuse Title: Catholics owe Marty Baron a debt of gratitude. He told us the truth about the clerical sex abuse crisis. Author: Eileen Markey Publisher: America Magazine Date: 26MAR2021 Marty Baron, editor of The Boston Globe when the newspaper exposed the Catholic hierarchy’s systemic coverup of sexual abuse of children by clergy,

March 27, 2021 No Comments

Crisis: Clergy Abuse in the Catholic Church Podcast

Bonus Content: The Survivors’ Movement

Crisis Podcast Survivors’ Movement Title: Bonus Content: The Survivors’ Movement Host: Karna Lozoya Publisher: The Catholic Project Date: 07OCT2020 A short bit of extra content about the clergy abuse survivors’ movement: the history of LinkUp and SNAP along with the mission and current work of SNAP, with Brian Clites of Case Western Reserve University and

October 8, 2020 No Comments

Child Sexual Abuse

New lawsuit says current pastor is a child molester

Fr. Alex Anderson ALERT! Title: New lawsuit says current pastor is a child molester Author: David Clohessy Publisher: Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), Date: 24AUG2020 New lawsuit says current pastor is a child molester As a young boy, victim wrote top church official about him Cleric has been publicly accused of abuse

August 25, 2020 No Comments

Blog

The Cruel Massachusetts Cesspool

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

July 19, 2020 No Comments

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Abuse survivor Phil Saviano said something profound by having a Catholic funeral

Phil Saviano, clergy abuse victim who refused to stay silent, dies at 69

Tired of the drip, drip, drip of Catholic sexual abuse reports? Let’s try this.

Defrocked cardinal Theodore McCarrick charged with sexually assaulting teenager in 1970s

It’s time for our Catholic president to address the church’s sexual abuse scandal

Catholics owe Marty Baron a debt of gratitude. He told us the truth about the clerical sex abuse crisis.

Bonus Content: The Survivors’ Movement

The Cruel Massachusetts Cesspool

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