29 March AD 2024

McCarrick Watch: Friday Edition

Archbishop Emeritus Theodore McCarrick & Donald Cardinal Wuerl (Pic Credit: Paul Haring of CNS via The CWR)

Some Home Truths about the McCarrick Case

. . .it is significant that public revelation of the two payouts was only made after he had been accused by a former minor seminarian of the Archdiocese of New York of having sexually molested him in the sacristy & the men’s room at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. . .

by Father Gerald E. Murray, J.C.D.,

of The Catholic Thing

The Devil has Declared Open War Against Celibacy, Here’s Why – Pt. Kwasniewski Ph.D.
Janet Smith to Bishops: Save the Church, Tell Everything – Peter Jesserer Smith, NCReg
In the Midst of Clerical Misdeeds, a Crucial Moment for the Laity – Msgr. Charles Pope
Sexual Scandals Reveal A Problem of Belief – Robert B. Greving, Crisis Magazine
The Current Crisis: Lack of Collegial Correction Among Bishops – G. Weigel, The CWR
Consequences of the Catholic Church’s Sex Scandal Corruption – Dustin Siggins
Denver Archbishop Reflects on McCarrick Abuse Crisis – Cth. News Agency/EWTN News

The Abuse of Secrecy & the Secrecy of Abuse – Russell Shaw, The Catholic World Report
Houston Lawyer: Church Should Follow Basic Corporate Compliance Procedures – Crux
Roundup: Bishops React to Sexual Abuse Scandal – National Catholic Register
No Matter How Bad You Think the Corruption Is, It’s Worse – Pet. A. Kwasniewski Ph.D.
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