The sex abuse scandal is not over Title: The sex abuse scandal is not over. The hierarchal culture still needs transformation. Author: Tom Roberts Publisher: National Catholic Reporter Date: 12JAN2022 A 2004 story in The New York Times bore the headline, all in caps: ABUSE SCANDAL HAS BEEN ENDED, TOP BISHOP SAYS.That top bishop was
Pope Francis Kieran Tapsell Title: Pope Francis’ reforms the Church’s disciplinary system in response to royal commission Author: Kieran Tapsell Publisher: Pearls and Irritations – John Menadue Date: 08JUN2021 One of the main reasons for the Catholic Church shifting around abusive priests was because its disciplinary system was dysfunctional. Far more children were abused than
McCarrick Report Bishop Barron Title: Report shows ‘tragic incompetence’ on McCarrick, Barron says Author: John L. Allen Jr Publisher: Crux Date: 13NOV2020 ROME – At the heart of the Vatican’s recent report on the case of ex-cardinal and ex-priest Theodore McCarrick is a story of “tragic incompetence” fueled by a “self-referential and self-protective” clerical culture,
Pittsburgh Diocese Broken Trust Title: Lay group urges Pittsburgh Diocese to do more to restore broken trust Author: Madeleine Davison Publisher: National Catholic Reporter Date: 07AUG2020 The Pittsburgh Diocese is reeling from declining attendance and a massive restructuring program two years after a 2018 Pennsylvania grand jury report uncovered widespread clerical sexual abuse in six
Pope Fighting Clerical Abuse Title: Pope says fighting clerical abuse fosters deeper respect for life Author: Ines San Martin Publisher: Crux Date: 06AUG2020 ROSARIO, Argentina – Beyond the obvious reasons to fight clerical sexual abuse, above all the damage such abuse inflicts on victims, Pope Francis has added another argument: The effort to prevent abuse,
Truth Reconciliation Clerical Abuse Title: Scholars seek to establish ‘truth and reconciliation’ structures for clerical abuse Author: Ines San Martin Publisher: Crux Date: 27JUL2020 ROSARIO, Argentina—Even though the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has seemingly put most of the world on hold, many scholars have continued with their research projects and are already planning ahead, thinking about the
Father Mark White Martinsville Title: The power of the pulpit Author: Brandon Martin Publisher: Henry County Enterprise Date: 24JUL2020 Perhaps the greatest role of a priest is to communicate. They communicate to each other and they communicate to their audience. They communicate scripture, they communicate life and they communicate how to respond when the two
Plenary Broken Promises Australia Title: A Plenary of Broken Promises? Author: Gail Freyne Publisher: John Menadue-Pearls & Irritations Date: 17JUN2020 When the people in the pews get so restless that evidence of deceptive dealing at the top of the Catholic Church in Australia starts falling off the back of trucks these same leaders should know
Australian Bishops “Interim” Report Title: Australian Bishops urge further consultation on leaked governance report Author: Vatican News Publisher: Vatican News Date: 15JUN2020 Archbishop Mark Coleridge issues a statement regarding a leaked report on Church governance in Australia, and calls for further consultation before the final version can be released. The President of the Australian Catholic Bishops’
Vigano McCarrick Church Crisis Title: The Catholic Church’s Biggest Crisis Since the Reformation Why a New Wave of Sexual Abuse Revelations Has Deepened Preexisting Divisions Author: Massimo Faggioli Publisher: Foreign Affairs Date: 06JUN2019 The Catholic Church is facing its most serious crisis in 500 years. In these last few months, a new wave of clerical