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
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
Eradicating the McCarrick Virus Title: Eradicating the McCarrick Virus Author: The Editors Publisher: National Catholic Register Date: 24JUL2020 EDITORIAL: Two years after the former cardinal’s sexual predilections were revealed, the Vatican still hasn’t released its report. It has now been two years since Pope Francis accepted Theodore McCarrick’s resignation from the College of Cardinals, shortly after
Saints Skeleton In Closet Title: Saintly caution: Church’s reputation on the line when judging sanctity Author: Junno Arocho Esteves Publisher: National Catholic Reporter Date: 22JUL2020 VATICAN CITY — In the Catholic Church, a person’s canonization is almost always preceded by decades of meticulous investigation into the minute details of the candidate’s life.Thousands of saints have
Kieran Tapsell Vademecum Analysis Title: Pope Francis finally makes bishops accountable for cover-ups Author: Kieran Tapsell Publisher: John Menadue-Pearls and Irritations Date: 24JUL2020 On 16 July 2020, the Vatican published a manual for dealing with allegations of child sexual abuse against Church personnel. It marks a significant change in culture expressed in canon law for
Uncle Ted Sex Ring Title: Lawsuit claims McCarrick headed abusive ‘sex ring,’ names alleged ‘procurer Author: Kevin Jones Publisher: Catholic News Agency (CNA) Date: 22JUL2020 Denver Newsroom, Jul 22, 2020 / 06:08 pm MT (CNA).- A lawsuit filed Tuesday charges that former cardinal Theodore McCarrick sexually abused a boy and aided his abuse by several
New accuser Theodore McCarrick Title: New accuser of Theodore McCarrick alleges the ex-cardinal orchestrated abuse involving other clerics Author: Michelle Boorstein Publisher: The Washington Post Date: 22JUL2020 Ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick, already laicized and the subject of a Vatican investigation, is accused in a newly filed lawsuit of orchestrating the abuse of minor boys by multiple
Cardinal McCarrick Sex Ring Title: Former Cardinal McCarrick accused of participating in beach house ‘sex ring,’ lawyers allege Author: Ted Sherman Publisher: NJ.Com True Jersey Date: 22JUL2020 He is known only as “Doe 14.” Raised in a devout Catholic family, he attended St. Francis Xavier in Newark and Essex Catholic in East Orange in the
Nashville Diocese Sexual Abuse Title: Catholic newspaper questions how Nashville Diocese handled sex abuse complaint Author: Ben Hall Publisher: News Channel 5 Date: 22JUL2020 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The Catholic Diocese of Nashville is defending how it handled a sexual abuse allegation against a priest who served as chaplain on the Dominican Campus in Nashville.An
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