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Aggregated news and commentary from across the web regarding cover-up of the sexual abuse scandal.

Victims Call for Federal Investigation of Sex Abuse in Catholic Church

Victims Call for Federal Investigation of Sex Abuse in Catholic Church

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Some victims of clergy sex abuse and their supporters are calling on federal and state entities to investigate sex abuse within the Catholic Church and root out abusers and anyone ...
There Are Only 2 Things an American Bishop Can Say Now...

There Are Only 2 Things an American Bishop Can Say Now…

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Last week a young Catholic woman asked me what our bishops are likely to do. “They’ll meet in November,” I began—and she interrupted with a shout: “In November??!!” She could not ...
Understanding the Demographics of the Predatory Priest Problem

Understanding the Demographics of the Predatory Priest Problem

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While some deny a same-sex predation problem among priests, the Grand Jury Report reflects similar demographic data as the John Jay Study of nearly 15 years ago. Faithful Catholics were ...
Donald Wuerl: The Con Man in the Cardinal's Cap

Donald Wuerl: The Con Man in the Cardinal’s Cap

Sign the petition asking for Cardinal Wuerl’s resignation The demands that Donald Wuerl be dismissed as archbishop of Washington and resign from the Roman Catholic Church’s College of Cardinals are proportionate in their degree of outrage ...
First Director of McCarrick's Papal Foundation Accused of Sexual Abuse in PA Grand Jury Report

First Director of McCarrick’s Papal Foundation Accused of Sexual Abuse in PA Grand Jury Report

For years, Benestad was the Administrator of the Papal Foundation, Co-Founded by Theodore McCarrick A retired priest who assisted at a Boca Raton church for four years is named in ...
Come Out of the Shadows

Come Out of the Shadows

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“See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.”  ~Matthew 18:10 ...
Diocese Drops Cardinal Wuerl’s Name from High School

Diocese Drops Cardinal Wuerl’s Name from High School

Just eight days after the release of an exhaustive, 900 page grand jury investigation into sexual abuse by Pennsylvania priests which mentions the city’s former bishop, Cardinal Wuerl, over 200 times, the ...
Cardinal Tobin Instructs Priests Not To Speak About ‘Gay Sub-Culture’

Cardinal Tobin Instructs Priests Not To Speak About ‘Gay Sub-Culture’

Catholic Herald
Cardinal Tobin has told clergy in his diocese not to speak to the press after a news report detailing allegations of sexual misconduct appeared on Catholic News Agency. Six anonymous priests ...
Cardinal Wuerl and the Case of the Predatory Perverted Pittsburgh Priest George Zirwas

Cardinal Wuerl and the Case of the Predatory Perverted Pittsburgh Priest George Zirwas

George Zirwas was known to be part of a small ring of gay predatory priests in the Pittsburgh diocese who got teenaged boys drunk and sexually assaulted them. Even after ...
Pope Francis’s Letter on Abuse Was Not Enough - We Need Action

Pope Francis’s Letter on Abuse Was Not Enough – We Need Action

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The Pope must come up with a concrete plan to address the crisis Pope Francis has written another letter in the wake of the revelations regarding clerical sex abuse in Pennsylvania. From ...
Three Ways Catholics Can Fight Sexual Abuse in the Church

Three Ways Catholics Can Fight Sexual Abuse in the Church

There are 70 million Catholics across the country. Here’s what they could do to help safeguard the vulnerable from harm, heal those already harmed and improve their church. First, help expose more ...
Priest Says He Repeatedly Complained About Theodore McCarrick's Alleged Sex Abuse

Priest Says He Repeatedly Complained About Theodore McCarrick’s Alleged Sex Abuse

There are new questions about the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal – what did the church know about the allegations surrounding ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and when did the church know ...
A Crisis of Infidelity

A Crisis of Infidelity

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At the heart of the recent Catholic scandals is infidelity—literally the lack of faith. There are priests, including bishops and even cardinals, who do not believe in God, or whose ...
Catholic Publisher Cancels Cardinal Wuerl’s Book After Sex Abuse Report

Catholic Publisher Cancels Cardinal Wuerl’s Book After Sex Abuse Report

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Ave Maria Press is “indefinitely” postponing the publication of Cardinal Donald Wuerl’s book on the Catholic faith in the wake of the Pennsylvania grand jury report implicating him in sex-abuse ...
Jake Tapper Digs into Cardinal Wuerl's Past

Jake Tapper Digs into Cardinal Wuerl’s Past

Jake Tapper
CNN’s Jake Tapper digs into the past of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, who is at the center of a 900-page Pennsylvania grand jury report that revealed shocking accusations: More than 1,000 ...
Cardinal McCarrick Scandal Inflames Debate Over Homosexual Priests

Cardinal McCarrick Scandal Inflames Debate Over Homosexual Priests

Fox News
Allegations that disgraced ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick engaged in sex with adult seminarians have inflamed a long-running debate about the presence of gay men in the Roman Catholic priesthood. Some conservatives ...
A Comparison of Two Pastoral Responses

A Comparison of Two Pastoral Responses

Many bishops have issued pastoral letters to their dioceses in response to the recent sex abuse scandals. One of the most powerful letters issued to date is from Bishop Morlino ...
Pennsylvania Attorney General: Cardinal Wuerl is Lying

Pennsylvania Attorney General: Cardinal Wuerl is Lying

CNN, Jake Tapper
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Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro is accusing Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the archbishop of Washington, of “not telling the truth” as he attempts to defend himself amid criticism and calls for ...
If Wuerl Keeps His Job, Then the Catholic Church's "Zero Tolerance" Policy is a Sham

If Wuerl Keeps His Job, Then the Catholic Church’s “Zero Tolerance” Policy is a Sham

Weekly Standard, Editors
On Tuesday afternoon, the Pennsylvania attorney general released a shocking and sickening grand jury report documenting hundreds of cases of sexual crimes against minors committed by Catholic clergy in six ...
Cardinal Wuerl Withdraws from World Meeting of Families

Cardinal Wuerl Withdraws from World Meeting of Families

A Cardinal who was heavily criticised for his handling of child sexual abuse allegations in the Pennsylvania grand jury report has withdrawn from a scheduled appearance at the World Meeting ...
Active Homosexuality in the Priesthood Helped Cause This Crisis

Active Homosexuality in the Priesthood Helped Cause This Crisis

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The Sixth Commandment is clear — there is a universal call to chastity, and no one is exempt. There is a line in the Acts of the Apostles that I once ...
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