Light From Southern Cross Title: New Australian report may help church find its way out of abuse crisis Author: Massimo Faggioli Publisher: NCROnline Date: 19MAY2020 There are signs that the Catholic Church’s response to the sexual abuse crisis is now getting at deeper, institutional questions. In particular, how local churches — parishes and dioceses —
Pope John Paul II Title: Official in John Paul II’s sainthood cause says no cover-up on sex abuse Author: Elise Ann Allen Publisher: Crux Date: 16MAY2020 ROME – Facing suggestions that Saint John Paul II’s reputation has been stained by the Church’s child sexual abuse scandals, including perceptions that John Paul turned a blind eye to
Knestout White Kaitlyn Long Title: Guest Post: Miss Kaitlyn Long Author: Kaitlyn A. Long Publisher: Father Mark White blog Date: 11MAY2020 To his Excellency Archbishop Lori of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, his Excellency Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio of the United States, and to anyone whom it may concern, I am a 22-year-old parishioner at
Levey Petition Sack Pell Title: 35,000 Sign Petition Launched By Clergy Abuse Survivor To Defrock Cardinal George Pell Author: Alex Bruce-Smith Publisher: Pedestrian Tv Date: 11MAY2020 A petition from a clergy abuse survivor to defrock Cardinal George Pell has amassed some 35,000 signatures in three days. Paul Levey, who was abused by notorious paedophile priest
White Knestout Theodore McCarrick Title: Catholic bishop suspends priest and issues trespass order over blog about clergy sex abuse Author: Michelle Boorstein Publisher: The Washington Post Date: 11MAY2020 A months-long standoff between a Catholic bishop in Virginia and a priest who blogs frequent, strident criticism of the church’s handling of clergy sexual abuse has boiled
White Knestout McCarrick Catholic Title: Dispute between Father Mark White of Martinsville and Bishop of Richmond Barry Knestout will be decided by a Catholic court Author: Bill Wyatt Publisher: Martinsville Bulletin Date: 03May2020 The boiling dispute between a Martinsville priest and a Richmond bishop could wind up spilling over the doorstep of the Vatican in
McCarrick Religious News Service Title: DC priest describes a culture of cover-up in wake of McCarrick scandal Author: Claire Giangravé Publisher: Religious News Service (RNS) Date: 22APR2020 VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In early February, the second-highest-ranking prelate in the Vatican told news outlets that a long-awaited report into the ascent of disgraced former Cardinal Theodore
Cherry picking abuse reforms Title: Survivor advocacy group accuses pope of cherry-picking abuse reforms Author: Elise Ann Allen Publication: Crux Date: 18FEB2020 ROME – As the one-year mark of Pope Francis’s landmark summit on child protection approaches, survivors of clerical abuse are arguing that the pope, while taking positive steps, is inconsistent in his response
Church damaged by abuse Title: Fr. Hans Zollner: Clergy abuse has damaged the church, but ‘more damage has been done to human beings’ Author: Gia Myers Publication: America Media via Catholic News Service (CNS) Date: 06FEB2020 VILLANOVA, Pa. (CNS) — Almost 200 people filled the Driscoll Hall Auditorium on Villanova University’s campus Jan. 29 looking to deepen