Complicit Clergy

All Are Welcome… To What Exactly?

October 18, 2018 from Fr. Dwight Longenecker by Fr. Dwight Longenecker

I have not been paying much attention to the Youth Synod because it comes across to me as a carefully crafted PR exercise to promote the current trendy agenda at the Vatican, but the few bits I have seen have confirmed my prejudice. Chilean Youth Silvia Teresa Retamales Morales says many non-Catholics asked for a … Read more

Why Was the McCarrick Abuse Hushed Up?

August 8, 2018July 18, 2018 from Fr. Dwight Longenecker by Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Yesterday Fr James Martin had an anguished piece at America magazine asking how the McCarrick affair could have happened. Why was it covered up? Why wasn’t it reported? He gives some good answers: the young men were ashamed of what happened. They did report it but were ignored. They were afraid their careers would be ended. They … Read more