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Sacked priest in Timor-Leste ‘will remain defrocked’

Richard Daschbach Timor-Leste Title: Sacked priest in Timor-Leste ‘will remain defrocked’ Author: Ryan Dagur Publisher: Union of Catholic Asian News Date: 15MAR2021 Divine Word congregation scotches rumors that Richard Daschbach could be reinstated after sex abuse trial. The superior of the Society of the Divine Word congregation in Timor-Leste has moved to scotch rumors that

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In a first for Spain, Jesuits admit to decades of sex abuse

Jesuits Sex Abuse Spain Title: In a first for Spain, Jesuits admit to decades of sex abuse Author: Aritz Parra and Nicole Winfield Publisher: Associated Press (AP) Date: 23JAN2021 MADRID (AP) — The first comprehensive internal inquiry on sex abuse allegations by a religious order in Spain has identified 81 children and 37 adult victims

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Pope Francis abolishes pontifical
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Monster in our midst: How pedophile New Orleans clergyman stayed near prey

George Brignac New Orleans Title: Monster in our midst: How pedophile New Orleans clergyman stayed near prey Authors: Ramon Antonio Vargas and David Hammer Publisher: NOLA.com Date: 16DEC2020 It was 1953, and George Brignac was fresh out of high school when he joined the regional chapter of the Christian Brothers. He spent seven years with

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Opinion

Confessions of a Vatican source: Jason Berry on the McCarrick report

Jason Berry McCarrick Report Title: Confessions of a Vatican source: Jason Berry on the McCarrick report Author: Jason Berry Publisher: National Catholic Reporter (NCR) Date: 25NOV2020 When Pope John Paul II made Theodore McCarrick a cardinal in 2001, the archbishop of Washington, D.C., was a silk-between-the-fingers fundraiser. A year later, when the pope summoned the

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Decades before the Vatican’s McCarrick report, there was a mother on a secret mission

Mother’s Secret McCarrick Mission Title: Decades before the Vatican’s McCarrick report, there was a mother on a secret mission Author: Michelle Boorstein Publisher: The Washington Post Date: 20NOV2020 Decades before there was a “bombshell Vatican report” about ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick, before there was the 2020 fall meeting of U.S. bishops discussing whether the best reaction

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Pope Francis abolishes pontifical
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McCarrick report rings familiar to former Newark seminarians

McCarrick Report Newark Seminarians Title: McCarrick report rings familiar to former Newark seminarians Author: Peter Feuerherd Publisher: National Catholic Reporter (NCROnline) Date: 17NOV2020 While some reacted with shock to a report released Nov. 10 by the Vatican detailing how church officials ignored former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s long history of sexual abuse, one group was not

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‘It’s crushing’: Survivors react to McCarrick abuse report

Survivors React McCarrick Report Title: ‘It’s crushing’: Survivors react to McCarrick abuse report Author: Sarah Rankin Publisher: Associated Press Date: 12NOV2020 RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Men who have come forward with allegations of abuse by former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick expressed disgust, frustration and outrage after an internal Vatican report outlined what was known about the

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Ex-priest is accused of abusing 4 kids. Monett woman says church ignored her pleas.

Gary Carr Clergy Abuse Title: Ex-priest is accused of abusing 4 kids. Monett woman says church ignored her pleas. Author: Harrison Keegan Publisher: Springfield News-Leader Date: 29AUG2020 For at least the past 16 years, Elizabeth Mangler has kept a file saved on her computer: “FatherGaryCarr.doc.” Mangler, 59, had a feeling that some day a man would come

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The Polding House Push and The Catholic Weekly Bugle.

Plenary Council Dumb Silence Title: The Polding House Push and The Catholic Weekly Bugle. Author: David Timbs Publisher: John Menadue – Pearls and Irritations Date: 20AUG2020 Over the past year in particular, Australian Catholics have become convinced that their bishops, with some exceptions, are playing games with them in the lead up to the national Plenary

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