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November 2019

November 13, 2019

AP: Attorney preparing lawsuit against Brooklyn’s Bishop DiMarzio

This is my bishop and the man who ordained me. I find this, on every...

October 2019

October 17, 2019

More say they were abused by McCarrick as boys, seminarians

Many of the boys knew one another. They often would travel together with McCarrick on...

September 2019

September 17, 2019

Abuse crisis affecting church giving

From CNS: The Catholic Church in the United States has spent a staggering amount of...

September 05, 2019

A Catholic mother asks: how can I trust my son will be safe in the seminary?

I suspect it is a question a lot of parents are asking these days. From...

September 03, 2019

Slate: McCarrick breaks his silence

Kudos to reporter Ruth Graham who got arguably the Catholic scoop of the year: a...

August 2019

August 17, 2019

What role can the deacon play in the abuse crisis?

Over the last several months, many deacons have wondered: "What role can we play?" in...

August 16, 2019

Buffalo Dean of Seminarians quits: ‘The values and morals of this seminary and diocese do not correspond to my own.’

Things in Buffalo just keep getting worse: In the wake of more than 100 child...

July 2019

July 23, 2019

Baltimore’s Auxiliary Bishop Brennan named to replace Bransfield in West Virginia

Some good news for the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, via The Catholic Review: Pope Francis named...

July 20, 2019

Vatican Issues Disciplinary Measures Against Bransfield

A big h/t to Rocco, who noted this on his Twitter feed last night. The...

July 12, 2019

‘As a parishioner, I feel violated by what the Archdiocese of Detroit has done…’

A parishioner at Detroit's Assumption Grotto (and longtime Friend of the Bench) Diane Korzeniewski posted...

July 07, 2019

Prominent Detroit Priest Removed from Ministry

From the AP: The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit said Sunday that it removed a...

July 05, 2019

Want to Drive People from the Church? Try this.

Incredible: Retired priest Ulrich Zurkuhlen caused consternation in the city of Münster, northwest Germany, when he...

June 2019

June 27, 2019

Diocese Will No Longer Name Buildings for Bishops, Pastors, Individuals

From press release from the Diocese of Richmond: On the same day six names were...

June 07, 2019

Archbishop Lori Releases Video Statement on West Virginia Scandal

This was posted today on the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston website. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoMiYcccHAI&fbclid=IwAR2s3YgbxvVY42Buzxc4Q-9GofbXWEYfGjDkV9tBtq1taH7nJALjB0yuKNQ

June 05, 2019

Cardinal Di Nardo ‘Categorically Rejects’ Report on Sex Abuse Case, Calls Quotes ‘Absolute Fabrication’

From the AP, via KHOU in Houston: The cardinal leading the U.S. Catholic Church's response...

May 2019

May 25, 2019

Should a Parent Be Worried When a Child is Around Priests?

This essay appeared in The Washington Post Friday, from a Catholic father expressing the anxieties...

May 20, 2019

Shaken by Scandal: ‘If This News Means You Have to Go, Then Leave Already’

A roundup of reaction to recent news from Dallas: Catholics across the area wrestled with sadness, disappointment...

May 15, 2019

Bombshell: Police Raid Catholic Diocesan Properties in Dallas

From CNN: Dallas police searched the headquarters of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas and other...

May 09, 2019

Pope Francis Issues New Laws, Requiring Clergy to Report Any Suspicions of Abuse

Details: Pope Francis issued sweeping new laws for the Catholic Church on the investigation of...

May 01, 2019

Former Pastor Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Abusing Altar Server, the Son of a Deacon

Details: A former priest in the Lafayette Diocese was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in...

April 2019

April 30, 2019

At Mount Saint Mary’s: ‘Catching Problems Before They Become Priests’

Check out the video report below on Mount Saint Mary's Seminary in Maryland: Details: Tighter...

April 11, 2019

From ‘Powerful’ to ‘Embarrassing’: Reaction to Benedict’s Letter

It's only been out there less than a day, but already Benedict XVI's 6,000-word letter...

March 2019

March 19, 2019

BREAKING: Lawsuit Accuses Former Bishop, Charges He ‘Knowingly Employed Pedophiles’

From The Washington Post: West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey Wednesday sued the Catholic diocese...

March 17, 2019

The Sex Abuse Crisis: ‘What are Catholic parents to do?’

I had low expectations for this piece from The Atlantic, but it's actually an insightful,...

March 13, 2019

New Gallup Poll Shows More U.S. Catholics Thinking of Leaving the Church

From The Washington Post: The percent of U.S. Catholics who say the clergy sex abuse...

March 12, 2019

BREAKING: Cardinal Pell Sentenced to 6 Years

"I would characterize these breaches and abuses as grave." From The New York Times: ...

February 2019

February 23, 2019

Bombshell: Cardinal Admits Church Destroyed Abuse Files

Via NCR: A top cardinal has admitted that the global Catholic Church destroyed files to...

February 21, 2019

‘Each One of Us Needs to Teach the Church How to Actually Be a Church Again…’

I've been noticing this myself, and Elizabeth Scalia sums it all up: “I am so...

February 21, 2019

Pope Francis at Sex Abuse Summit: ‘The Holy People of God Are Watching’

From CNS: Opening the Vatican summit on child protection and the clerical sexual abuse crisis,...

February 16, 2019

BREAKING: McCarrick Dismissed from Clerical State

From Vatican Media: The Holy Press Office has published a statement from the Vatican Congregation for the...