The new bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, Steven Raica, is bringing a sordid record with him to the hometown of Mother Angelica’s Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN). EWTN was formed by Mother Angelica in large part to oppose much of the agenda of homosexualist and/or dissenting bishops. Raica, who had served as bishop of the Michigan diocese … Read more
One of the more perplexing controversies in the recent history of the archdiocese of Detroit — the July 5 suspension from ministry of Fr. Eduard Perrone for a single allegation of abuse dating back 40 years, based on a “repressed memory” — took a dramatic turn when an Associated Press (AP) reporter suggested that Fr. Perrone has been a protector and enabler of … Read more
This article is an effort to fill in some of the background of the news that one of the archdiocese of Detroit’s (AOD) most well-known priests, Fr. Lawrence Ventline, is among the priests named in the May 24 press conference by Michigan’s attorney general, Dana Nessel, who announced five Michigan priests have been arrested on sex abuse … Read more