Columnist: Walter Sanchez Silva

Zanchetta Abuse Victim: ‘Don’t Turn Your Back on Us; We Didn’t Deserve Such Treatment’

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A former seminarian and victim of the Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta — who was sentenced to prison for sexual abuse in Argentina — asked the Catholic Church not to turn its back on him. On Aug. 12, ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language sister news agency,  interviewed G.C., a 28-year-old former seminarian and victim, after the bishop was … Read more

German Clerics’ Blessing Same-Sex Couples a Diabolical and Sacrilegious Act

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Fr. Hugo Valdemar, canon penitentiary of the Archdiocese of Mexico, said that the blessing that priests and pastoral workers gave May 10 to homosexual couples in Germany “is a truly sacrilegious act” and a “diabolical act of pride and immorality.” The blessing of homosexual couples in Germany “is not only an act of indiscipline and … Read more