Cleric: Thomas Benestad

Papal Foundation: The Company You Keep

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Clerical Trustees Looks Like a Who’s Who List of Sexual Abuse Cover-Up Most of us learn early on in life that we are often judged by the company we keep. We can have the best intentions at doing the right thing, but our efforts can be thwarted if we collaborate with the wrong kind of … Read more

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

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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 a grand jury report that reveals sexual abuse by hundreds of Catholic priests that went unchecked for decades across Pennsylvania. A 9-year-old victim told investigators decades later … Read more