US Parish Holds its Archdiocese to Ransom
The parish of St Sabina in Chicago announced on Sunday that it would withhold its monthly contributions to the archdiocese until an abuse investigation into its longtime...
Category: Abuse
Vatican: Guilt Can’t be Proven Against Retired Wyoming Bishop
The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith exonerated retired Bishop Joseph H. Hart of Cheyenne of seven accusations of sexual abuse of minors and determined...
Post-McCarrick Report Dialogue Zeroes in on ‘Hyperclerical Culture’
By Mark Pattison – One month to the day that the Vatican released its report on since-laicised cardinal Theodore McCarrick, a panel of academics took a close...
UK Bishops Rein in Priests’ Online Behaviour
By Simon Caldwell – Priests must never “friend” children or vulnerable adults on Facebook or other forms of social media, the bishops of England and Wales said....
English cardinal says he won’t resign, apologises after abuse report
By Simon Caldwell – Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster said he will not “walk away” from leadership of the church amid pressure to resign over his handling of...
New Cardinal:Report is Chronicle of Devious Churchman, Church Failures
By Mark Zimmermann – Cardinal-designate Wilton D. Gregory of Washington said the Vatican’s report on former cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick is a “tragic chronicle” about that churchman’s “unconscionable...
Mccarrick Report At Odds With Cardinal Wuerls Claims Of Ignorance
The McCarrick Report sheds new light on when former Archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, knew of allegations made against his predecessor, and what steps he and...
Mccarrick Report Highlights Weaknesses In Process For Vetting Bishops
By Cindy Wooden -The Vatican report on Theodore E. McCarrick highlights repeated failures in the process for vetting bishops, a process that often seemed more focused on...
EWTN Interview: Vigano Denies Accusations From McCarrick Report
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, who served as apostolic nuncio to the United States from 2011 to 2016, has denied claims in the Vatican’s McCarrick Report which said...
Blaming St John Paul II for McCarrick’s Advancement Called Misplaced
By William Cone – Following the November 10 release of the Vatican’s 460-page report on former cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, some of the speculation in the media...
Victims In Mccarrick Report Show Fear, Courage, Anger, Need For Action
By Carol Glatz – The Vatican Secretariat of State’s report on Theodore E. McCarrick provides a glimpse into how a number of witnesses and victims of the...
McCarrick Report: Three Bishops Lied
By Hannah Brockhaus – The Vatican’s Secretariat of State published Tuesday a report on Theodore McCarrick, saying that the Holy See had received inaccurate information about McCarrick from...
