“Anyone accused of sexual misconduct will have his name removed from any place of honor.”
Sexual Abuse
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Jesus knew about Cardinal McCarrick
He knew about Uncle Ted, and he knew about everything else we’re about to find out. That is why he came.
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After McCarrick scandal, will Catholic seminaries better protect young adults?
Some experts believe that while many seminaries have established policies to protect adults studying to be priests and members of religious communities, seminary culture sometimes remains an obstacle to protecting them from predatory behavior.
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From the pulpit, priests address allegations against Archbishop McCarrick
During the Saturday evening Mass when Father Looney heard the opening lines of the first reading from Jeremiah, the priest switched gears, deciding he had to say something about sexual abuse allegations against now former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington.
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US Vatican Cardinal Kevin Farrell: “Not once did I even suspect” McCarrick
Cardinal Kevin Farrell, head of the Vatican’s family and laity office, spoke as the U.S. church hierarchy has come under fire from ordinary American Catholics outraged that ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s misconduct with men was apparently an open secret in some U.S. church circles.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Why would a priest or seminarian not report sexual harassment by a superior?
Six interrelated reasons for reluctance, based on my own experience.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Catholic leaders react to McCarrick resignation from College of Cardinals
When allegations first surfaced regarding then-Cardinal McCarrick last month, some church officials called for new regulations and policies that apply to charges of misconduct and mismanagement against bishops. But in his letter, Bishop Scharfenberger said such changes alone will not be enough to address the church’s failings.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis accepts resignation of archbishop facing prison time for failure to report sex abuse
Archbishop Wilson of Adelaide is the highest-ranking Catholic bishop to be convicted and sentenced for failure to report a case of abuse.
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Pope Francis accepts Theodore McCarrick’s resignation from the College of Cardinals
The pope “has ordered his suspension from the exercise of any public ministry, together with the obligation to remain in a house yet to be indicated to him, for a life of prayer and penance until the accusations made against him are examined in a regular canonical trial,” the Vatican and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops announced today.
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Vatican meets #MeToo: Nuns denounce their abuse by priests
After decades of silence, the nun is one of a handful worldwide to come forward recently on an issue that the Catholic Church has yet to come to terms with: The sexual abuse of religious sisters by priests and bishops.