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September 2019

September 17, 2019

Cardinal Pell makes final appeal to have conviction overturned

From Reuters: Lawyers for former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell on Tuesday filed an appeal...

September 06, 2019

Pressure builds on Buffalo’s Bishop Malone

From The Buffalo News: The pressure is building on Bishop Richard J. Malone, leader of...

August 2019

August 20, 2019

BREAKING: Cardinal Pell loses appeal, will remain in prison

You can view the decision and reaction from Australian TV here: From CNN: Former...

August 05, 2019

Father Perrone update: lawyers say he passed a polygraph ‘with flying colors’

The following news release arrived in my email a short time ago, updating the story...

August 02, 2019

MUST-READ: ‘Top 10 Myths About Clergy Sex Abuse in the Catholic Church’

This is an important compendium that every Catholic needs to read and share. From Psychology...

June 2019

June 22, 2019

Texas Auxiliary Bishop Accused — but ‘Efforts to Identify’ Accuser Have Failed

This sounds, to put it mildly, very suspect. Details are in the statement from the...

June 21, 2019

Vatican Official on Reviewing Sex Abuse Cases: ‘You Never Get Used to It’

I am in St. Petersburg this week for the Catholic Media Conference, and heard Msgr....

June 10, 2019

Horror: Polish Priest Reportedly Stabbed on Way to Morning Mass

Awful news: A Catholic priest in Wrocław is in stable condition after reportedly being stabbed...

June 10, 2019

It’s Everywhere: Evangelicals Confront Their Own Sex Abuse Crisis

The New York Times today reminds us that the sex abuse crisis isn't just A...

April 2019

April 10, 2019

BREAKING: Benedict Writes About Sex Abuse Crisis, Blames Pedophilia on ‘The Absence of God’

The op-ed editor for The New York Post says he has read the as-yet-unpublished essay...

March 2019

March 28, 2019

Former Deacon Sues Diocese for Libel — UPDATED

From CNA: A former Catholic deacon has charged that the Diocese of Lubbock wrongly named...

March 07, 2019

French Cardinal Offers to Resign After Cover-up Conviction

From The New York Times: A Catholic cardinal offered his resignation on Thursday after being...

February 2019

February 26, 2019

The Problems with the Pell Case

The case that made headlines last night is not as simple or clear-cut as some...

February 25, 2019

This Bishop Gets It: ‘Our Moral Credibility Has Been Shot to Pieces’

From the BBC's Martin Bashir, check out this brief but potent interview with the Archbishop...

February 23, 2019

Wow: A Journalist Tells Bishops to Clean Up Their Act or ‘We Journalists Will Be Your Worst Enemies’

The Catholic Herald dubbed this the one speech from the abuse summit you should read,...

February 22, 2019

‘You Have to Exonerate the Human Being’: How They Handle Sex Abuse Cases in Poland

Not all abusers are treated the same way in every country, as The Wall Street...

February 19, 2019

‘The Fact Is, Some Men Should Never Have Been Ordained’

My friend, blog neighbor and fellow Queens resident Dr. Pat McNamara offers us the long...

February 17, 2019

‘What Difference Does It Make to McCarrick?’

From The Washington Post: In Catholic Church law, being forcibly laicized is sometimes called the...

February 15, 2019

Senior Canon Lawyer at Vatican ‘Credibly Accused’ of Sex Abuse, Removed from Ministry

Details: Pope Francis has got a real mess on his hands. In just a few...

January 2019

January 09, 2019

‘Second-class victims’: the plight of those abused by religious order priests

From The New York Times: When Larry Antonsen decided to report a priest who sexually...

December 2018

December 20, 2018

Bombshell: Illinois AG says Catholic Church failed to disclose hundreds of abuse allegations against priests

Via The New York Times: The Catholic Church in Illinois withheld the names of at...

December 12, 2018

Reports: Cardinal Pell guilty of ‘historical child sexual offenses’

This news has been circulating since last night in a number of media outlets, but...

December 02, 2018

‘The truth has to be told’: Deacon accuses priest of attempted sexual assault

From The Day in New London: A former deacon at Sacred Heart Church in Groton...

November 2018

November 29, 2018

‘Nothing newsworthy to report’: Diocese defends employing priest who threatened rape, says he has recovered

The lead paragraph from the AP report on a priest in Sioux City: A Roman Catholic...

November 20, 2018

Squeeze: Legatus announces it will not collect 2019 tithe for Holy See

Details: A U.S.-based organization of Catholic business executives has decided not to collect from its...

November 17, 2018

Must read: Bishop writes of ‘cowards,’ ‘episcopal arrogance,’ ‘insular’ hierarchy, need for lay involvement

From the superlative Bishop Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, writing to his flock after the...

October 2018

October 23, 2018

U.S. bishops to gather for retreat in Chicago in January

From the USCCB website: At the invitation of Pope Francis, the Bishops of the United...

October 19, 2018

Seminarians being targeted for verbal abuse on college campus

Details: Seton Hall University's interim president sent the campus community a stern reminder to be civil...

October 12, 2018

Cardinal Wuerl’s letter to the faithful: ‘In sorrow for my failures…’

He posted this today on the archdiocesan website: Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Archdiocese...

October 10, 2018

Could a Buffalo TV reporter bring down a bishop?

Maybe. Here's a remarkable example of investigative journalism having an impact: Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley...