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Seattle archbishop is stonewalling push for more transparency of church sex-abuse cases, group contends

Archbishop Paul Etienne Stonewalling Title: Seattle archbishop is stonewalling push for more transparency of church sex-abuse cases, group contends Author: Lewis Kamb Publisher: Seattle Times Date: 02JAN2021 Their ranks include ex-federal prosecutors, a retired judge, a one-time assistant police chief, even a former priest. But a group of prominent Catholics say they still can’t get

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Madonnina
Opinion

Time for a reckoning: Church must confront, change old boys’ network exposed in Vatican’s McCarrick report | Faith Matters

McCarrick Report Reckoning Santora Title: Time for a reckoning: Church must confront, change old boys’ network exposed in Vatican’s McCarrick report | Faith Matters Author: Rev. Alexander Santora Publisher: NJ.Com (The Jersey Journal) Date: 06DEC2020 The report refers to her simply as “Mother 1.” A Manhattan woman with a large brood of mostly boys and

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Report uncovers 9 new abusive Catholic priests, 46 more victims; number of abused children climbs to 212

Clergy Abuse Reckoning Colorado Title: Report uncovers 9 new abusive Catholic priests, 46 more victims; number of abused children climbs to 212 Author: Seth Klamann Publisher: The Denver Gazette Date: 01DEC2020 A report released Tuesday by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office identifies nine new Catholic priests accused of sexually abusing juveniles in the mid-to late

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Madonnina
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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News

NJ priest is among four McCarrick victims seeking information from Vatican in federal suit

NJ Priest McCarrick Vatican Title: NJ priest is among four McCarrick victims seeking information from Vatican in federal suit Author: Abbott Koloff Publisher: NorthJersey.Com Date: 19NOV2020 Four people who say they were abused by former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick — including a working priest — filed a federal lawsuit against the Vatican Thursday seeking documents related to

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Madonnina
Opinion

Report shows ‘tragic incompetence’ on McCarrick, Barron says

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,

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Pope Francis responds to McCarrick report with vow to end sexual abuse

Pope Francis McCarrick Report Title: Pope Francis responds to McCarrick report with vow to end sexual abuse Author: Chico Harlan and StefanoPitrelli Publisher: The Washington Post Date: 11NOV2020 ROME — Pope Francis on Wednesday vowed to “eradicate” the evil of sexual abuse from the Catholic Church, one day after an investigation into the case of

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Pope Francis abolishes pontifical
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Virtual Press Event Today: Jeff Anderson Responds to the Release of the Vatican Report on Cardinal Theodore McCarrick

Anderson Responds McCarrick Report Title: Virtual Press Event Today: Jeff Anderson Responds to the Release of the Vatican Report on Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Author: Trusha Goffe Publisher: Jeff Anderson & Associates Date: 10NOV2020 Virtual Press Conference Today @ 11am ET / 10am CT   (St. Paul, MN) – Today over a live moderated virtual press

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Pope Francis abolishes pontifical
Opinion

Hand Washing or Social Distancing in the Time of Pell

Pope Social Distance Pell Title: Hand Washing or Social Distancing in the Time of Pell Author: Gail Freyne Publisher: John Menadue – Pearls & Irritations Date: 02NOV2020 The parish priest, Jorge Bergoglio could afford the luxury of welcoming with open arms an old colleague whom he believed to have been falsely accused of sexual abuse.

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