Forgiveness must not mean perpetuating secrecy and avoiding accountability. It means owning up to the truth.
Sexual Abuse
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
An open letter to the bishops, from a young Catholic who’s only known a church in scandal
Young people did not lose a trust we once had in the clergy; many of us never had that trust in the first place.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Polish bishops defend John Paul II after McCarrick Report
Polish bishops defended St. John Paul II on Friday against evidence that he rejected reports that ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick slept with his seminarians.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The wrong people are in charge of protecting our children from sexual abuse
As a layperson, and as a father, I cannot continue to make myself dependent on ordained men. Not for this.
Posted inEditorials, Faith
The McCarrick Report lacked an independent investigator. It shows.
The church has come forth with a substantial public report that admits failure and injustice.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
The McCarrick Report confirms it: Clericalism powered the sex abuse crisis.
The failures detailed in the McCarrick report are not just tragic accidents but the predictable outcome of the incentives and attitudes that have shaped the hierarchy of the Catholic Church.
Posted inFaith, Video
Top 5 takeaways from the McCarrick Report
Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick sexually abused seminarians and minors for decades—all while being promoted through the church’s ranks at a remarkable speed. On November 10, 2020, the Vatican released an unprecedented, 400-page report on how that happened. In this video, Colleen Dulle, host of the “Inside the Vatican” podcast, gives the top 5 takeaways from […]
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Does the McCarrick report exonerate Pope Francis? Yes and no.
The report shoots down many of Archbishop Vigano’s most explosive claims. But Pope Francis was not exactly proactive in his approach to the ‘allegations and rumors’ surrounding Theodore McCarrick.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Timeline: The allegations against former Cardinal McCarrick
A timeline of the key moments that led to the rise and fall of Theodore McCarrick
Posted inFaith, News
‘It’s crushing’: Survivors react to Vatican’s McCarrick abuse report
“How they could ever repair my damage, I don’t know.”