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Updates on the growing homosexual predation scandal surrounding McCarrick & all those involved.

McCarrick Watch: Tuesday Edition

Tithing (Pic Credit: flickr)

A Wealthy Catholic Donor Rebels

. . .His name isn’t ‘Steve’.  He’s a recently-retired Midwesterner, a convert to the Faith and a married man. . .

. . .He also donates in the mid-five figure$ to the Catholic Church every year. . .

from Regina Magazine

Albany Bishop: Laity, Not Bishops, Must Investigate McCarrick – Peter Jesserer Smith
A Roundup of Bishops Reactions to McCarrick Scandal – National Catholic Register
How to Fight Back:  Stop Tithing, Adopt a Parish – Sh. Schaetzel, Catholics Are Christian
Intrinsic Evil & McCarrick – Dan Hitchens, First Things
Card. Cupich Backs a Laity Involved Investigation of McCarrick Scandal – M. O’Loughlin
What Priests Do – Tom Piatak, Crisis Magazine
Abuse Survivor Says Card. Wuerl’s Solution Not Far Enough – E. Condon J.C.L., NCRgstr
Univ. of Notre Dame Won’t Revoke Honor of McCarrick, For Now – M Archbold, NCRgstr
Don’t Use the Sexual Abuse Scandal to Attack Confession – K.V. Turley, Ntnl C. Register
This Saint Can Teach Us about Responding to a Church Scandal – S. Jacobs, Cthlc Stand
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McCarrick Watch: Monday Edition

Gay Rainbow Altar at Blessed Sacrament Church in Hollywood, California, of the Archdiocese of Archbishop Gomez (Pic Credit: comunidadlb.org via Life Site)

A Parish in Joseph Cardinal Tobin’s Archdiocese Celebrated Gay Pride with a “Gay Pride Mass”

(Warning: Descriptive explanations of vulgar topics)

. . .on June 24, 2018, at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Hoboken, New Jersey, the Archdiocese of Newark where Joseph Cardinal Tobin is Archbishop, Fr. Alexander Santora celebrated the Parish’s “first annual gay pride Mass.”  At the beginning of Mass, Fr. Alexander Santora announced that he would offer a “special blessing” for those marching in the New York City gay “Pride” parade which took place on the same day. . .

by Joseph Sciambra

A Strong Response by Bishop James Conley of Lincoln – Rod Dreher, The American. . .
Blah, Blah, Blah, Bishops Respond to McCarrick Scandal. . . – R. Hamilton, Public Cthlc
A Priests Takes on McCarrick: Here’s what Laypeople can Do – S. Herreid, Catholic Vote
What Might Happen for McCarrick, & for the Church in U.S. – J.D. Flynn J.C.L., CNA
A Second Lincoln Seminarian Comes Forward to Detail Abuse – S. Skojec, One Peter 5
Cardinal Wuerl, No, Bishops Investigating Bishops Won’t Do – E. Scalia, The Anchoress
Cardinal Kevin Farrell: I Don’t Think I’m a Right Fool – Nicole Winfield, Associated Press
McCarrick Scandal Makes VIRTUS Merely Smoke & Mirrors – L. Denninger, A Cthlc Misfit
Univ. of Notre Dame Won’t Rescind McCarrick’s Honorary Degree – M. Penza, Cth. Vote
Card. Wuerl Proposes a Panel to Investigate Rumors Against Bishops – Catholic Herald
A Prayerful Response to Clergy Scandals – Kathleen Beckman, Catholic Exchange
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McCarrick Watch: Friday Edition

Pope Francis Greeting Archbishop Emeritus McCarrick (Pic Credit: Rorate Caeli)

The Homosexual Subculture of Bishops & Priests is as Large as Ever

. . .one would have to be a hermit not to know about quondam Cardinal McCarrick’s precipitous fall from grace.  The New York Times, probably with great relish, ran three stories on McCarrick’s other career as “Uncle Ted”, sexual predator of young men.  The story was taken up by the whole mediasphere for at least a week & still continues at this writing.  The Church, thanks be to God, acted swiftly, stripping him of his public ministry, removing his membership in the College of Cardinals, & planning a trial in the Vatican in the future.  The secular press often wonders how such a man could have been promoted to the very highest levels in the Church.  But that sense of wonder masks an assumption that moral corruption in the Catholic Church is far & wide among its clerics. . .

by Father Richard Cipolla

of Rorate Cæli

After McCarrick: An Ex-Seminarian Comes Forward – John A. Monaco, One Peter 5
Bp. T. Doherty: US Church Should Consider Hiring Outside Investigator – N. Hallett, CH
McCarrick, the Bishops & the Deepening Confusion about Sex – E.N. Peters J.C.D. J.D.
The Jim Foley Option to End Clergy Sexual Abuse – Michael P. Foley, Crisis Magazine
Bishop Michael Olson: We Can’t Merely Say We’re Sorry & Angry – J. Graves, The CWR
What If I Have A Good Bishop? – Shane Schaetzel, Catholics Are Christian
Want to Deal with Abusive Clergy? Look to Medieval Times, Says Historian – Cth Herald
The Sex Abuse Scandal & the Debasing of Catholic Language – Fr. R.P. Imbelli, America
Infidelity, Dissent, & Scandal—from McCarrick to Catholic Education – Newman Society
Liturgy, Abuse & Humanæ Vitæ: Some Connections? – Fr. H. Somerville-Knapman O.S.B.
Abuse Victims Matter More than These Petty Vatican Insiders – S. Herreid, Cthlc Vote
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McCarrick Watch: Thursday Edition

Archbishop McCarrick (Pic Credit: Screen Shot from NCRegister.com)

It Never Was About Anything Else

by Anthony M. Esolen, Ph.D.,

of Newman Society

Michael Sean Winters Covered Up for McCarrick – Julia Duin, Get Religion
None So Blind. . . Bishop Kicanas – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture
Why ‘Uncle Ted’ Didn’t Want to be Called a Father – Matthew Schmitz, Catholic Herald
McCarrick & His Proteges, The Miraculous Career of Card. Farrell – Sandro Magister, SC
Clergy Sexual Abuse: The Solution is Now Obvious – Fr. Regis Scanlon O.F.M. Cap.
What About the Rest of It? – Anthony M. Esolen Ph.D., Crisis Magazine
Dear Troubled Catholics, a Letter About the Current Crisis – Ral. Martin Th.D., NCRgstr
What Would a Brother Bishop Say to McCarrick? – Fr. Ray. J. de Souza, NC Register
Bishops Likely Will Need More to Regain Trust on McCarrick Case – John Allen, Crux
9 Practical Ways Lay People Can Help in These Scandals – Jennifer Fitz, NC Register
Judas Wolves – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
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McCarrick Watch: Tuesday Edition

Marjorie Murphy Campbell (Pic Credit: Screen Shot from EWTN’s The World Over with Raymond Arroyo)

Canon Lawyer Marjorie Murphy Campbell: Those Cardinals That Knew Must Resign

. . .Marjorie Murphy Campbell Is Not Taking That Awful Nonsense from American Bishops. . .

by Rod Dreher

Abp. Gomez of L.A. Archdiocese Promotes “Born Gay” Documentary – Jos. Sciambra
U.S. Bishop Calls for McCarrick to be Laicized – Mark Pattison, Catholic Herald
From the Pulpit, Priests Address Allegations Against Archbishop McCarrick – CNS
Albany Priest Describes a Culture of Harassment Under McCarrick – Michael O’Loughlin
How the Church Hoodwinked Its Anti-Abuse Experts – Sohrab Ahmari, Commentary
Why ‘Policies & Procedures’ Won’t Resolve the Bishops’ Problems – P. Lawler, C. Cult.
The Catholic University of America Withdraws Honorary Degree – The CUA
Priest: Laity Must Help Put Out Sex Abuse Crisis Destroying the Church – L. Bourne, LS
The Tragic but Necessary #CatholicMeToo Movement – Sh. Schaetzel, Catholcis Are. . .
McCarrick Case is a Slur Against the Holy Chastity of the Priesthood – Msgr. O. Campion
Hope in the Face of Crisis – Fr. Charles Fox, The Catholic World Report
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McCarrick Watch: Monday Second Edition

Bishop Howard Hubbard & Fr. James Martin (Pic Credit: Fr. James Martin via Radical Catholic)

Who Is Bishop James Hubbard & Why Does Fr. James Martin Consider Hubbard a Personal ‘Hero’?

Tweet by Radical Catholic

My Experiences of Homosexuality in the Seminary – Fr. John Hollowell, On This Rock
It Can’t Happen, It Can’t Happen, It Happened – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture
Why I Wrote My Bishop That I Will No Longer Support His Mission – Chr. Tollefsen Ph.D.
This Scandal is the Last Straw, Why Stay in the Catholic Church? – Dan Burke, NC Rgstr
McCarrick: Frank Keating Blew the Whistle a Long Time Ago – Rebecca Hamilton, PC
The Bureaucratic Blather of Cardinal O’Malley – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, The Cthlc Thng
McCarrick & Those Who Covered for Him Betrayed Their Priestly Vocation – A. Esolen
Sooner or Later God’ll Cut You Down – Eric Sammons, Swimming Upstream
For the “Sake of the Church” – Brad Miner, The Catholic Thing
Do We Need to Label People as “Gay”? – Fr. Dwight Longenecker
Collegiality, Collusion, Collectivity & Clericalism – Fr. Hugh Somerville-Knapman O.S.B.
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McCarrick Watch: Monday Edition

Joseph Cardinal Joseph of Newark (Pic Credit: Screen Shot from Alan Katana via YouTube)

No Mentally Functioning Adult Believes Cardinal Joseph Tobin’s “Nighty-Night Baby I Love You” Tweet

. . .a priest well-informed about episcopal matters writes to speculate about how the US bishops are going to spin to get out ahead of this burgeoning scandal. . .

by Rod Dreher

Rage Over Cardinal McCarrick & Total War – Fr. Z’s Blog
The “Explainer” Fr. James Martin – William M. Briggs, The Stream
Bishop Scharfenberger Get’s It Right on McCarrick – Diocese of Albany
Abp. John Myers Protected McCarrick, Retires in Luxury – Christine Niles J.D., ChM
Bishop M. Olson of Fort Worth: Hold McCarrick & His Enablers Accountable – The CWR
Catholic Heavyweights Demand Bishop Accountability – Christine Niles J.D., ChM
Archbishop Sheen’s Warning of a Crisis in Christendom – Joseph Pronechen, NC Register
The Harsh Punishment They Used to Mete Out to Bad Priests Goes Viral – ChurchPOP
No Question, Pope Francis Made History Saturday on McCarrick – John Allen, Crux
Rite of Degradation of a Bishop (or Archbishop) – Fr. Z’s Blog
The Emergent #MeToo Clerical Movement – Aquæ Regiæ, The Catholic World Report
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McCarrick Watch: Saturday Edition

Archbishop McCarrick (Pic Credit: Screen Shot from NCRegister.com)

McCarrick Resigned from the College of Cardinals, Wherein Fr. Z Rants

. . .lots of people are really angry, indeed enraged.  Horrid situations such as those caused by men like McCarrick are painful.  We can make choices about how to view them.  Anger is appropriate, but not to the point where we are merely giving voice to our spittle-flecked Ids.  Sad situations like this must be taken as an opportunity for grace.  When you see this filth in the Church, remember that Christ created His Church for sinners: you, me & McCarrick.  If anger is the first impulse that we have when we see this awful stuff, the second impulse must be to say, “God, have mercy on me, a sinner!”, & then go to confession & do some penance. . .

by Father John Zuhlsdorf,

of Fr. Z’s Blog

Card. Jos. Tobin Knew While Bishop in New Jersey – Ch. White & I. San Martín, Crux
Uncle Ted’s ‘Special Boy’ – Rod Dreher, The American. . .
We Should Tread Carefully – Fr. Z’s Blog
Is Cardinal Kevin Farrell Lying? – Christine Niles J.D., Church Militant
Closing Our Wallets on the Lavender Mafia – Beverly Stevens, Regina Magazine
Set Aside Ideology, The US Bishops are Guilty of a Collective Failure – Chr. Altieri, CH
Leading Churchmen are Denying the Undeniable – Michale Brendan Dougherty, NR
McCarrick Should be Laicized & His Enablers Should Resign – Rick Fitzgibbons M.D., LS
How to Be Catholic When Your Bishops Are Not – Jennifer Fitz, Ntnl Catholic Register
Pope Accepts McCarrick’s Resignation from College of Cardinals – E. Pentin, NC Rgstr
Card. Wuerl Wasn’t Informed about McCarrick Settlements, DC Letter Claims – CNA
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McCarrick Watch: Friday Edition

Theodore Cardinal McCarrick (Credit: Wikipedia)

The McCarrick Scandal: a Roundup of Different Perspectives

. . .this week I have been swamped with messages from loyal Catholics who have been shaken & disgusted by the latest eruption of the continuing sex-abuse scandal in the Church.  I wish I saw some sign that our bishops recognized the rising tide of anger—righteous anger—among the most active lay Catholics. . .

by Phil Lawler,

of Catholic Culture

Our Own Bishops are Leading an Apostasy, We Must be Steadfast – P. Kwasniewski Ph.D.
How to Crack the McCarrick Scandal Wide-Open – Taylor Marshall
McCarrick is Tip of the Iceberg: Priest Who Warned of This 5 Years Ago – D.C. McLean
Calls for Punishing Action Against Bishops Complicit in L’Affaire McCarrick – Fr. Z
Which McCarrick Network Domino Will Fall First & Where Will it Lead? – Steve Skojec
Not One Penny More – Michael Voris, the Vortex
*Exclusive Report* Card. McCarrick Accuser’s Claims Raise Questions – Dav. F. Pierre Jr.
Let’s See What Happens at Vatican ‘World Meeting of Families’ – Terry Mattingly, GR
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Complains about Pope Protecting Bad Bishops – Mat. Schmitz
How Clerical Culture Failed to Stop Sexual Predators – The Editors, NC Register
When Bishops Lose Their Authority – Eric Sammons, Crisis Magazine
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McCarrick Watch: Monday Edition

Monkey’s Speak No Evil, See No Evil, & Hear No Evil (Credit: Zhou Eka via Shutterstock)

Cardinal Farrell & Cardinal O’Malley Pass the Buck on the Cardinal McCarrick Homosexual Predation & Pedophilia Scandal

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. . .here’s some world-class buck-passing in the form of a McCarrick column by Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley.  The headline itself tells quite a story:   

POLICY NEEDED TO ADDRESS BISHOPS’ VIOLATIONS OF THE VOWS OF CELIBACY   

. . .policy needed! Well, there you go.  More concise than Cardinal Joseph Tobin’s post-McCarrick view that the bishops must “articulate standards that will assure high standards,” certainly. . .

by Rod Dreher

How Can Catholics Fight Back? With the Power of the Purse – John Zmirack Ph.D.
Card. Farrell & His 6 Years Sharing an Apartment with McCarrick, Unanswered – CNS
The Truth About Cardinal McCarrick – Ross Douthat, The New York Times
Denial: Statement of Seán P. Cardinal O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap. – Archdiocese of Boston
How the Ancient Catholic Church Dealt with Priest Sex Offenders – R Scheel, uCatholic
Are Things Gradually Better? Or Should We Hang Some Bishops? – Joseph Shaw, LMS. . .
Promoting Predators & Corrupt Bishops – Phil Lawler, First Things
Fiddling While America – & Rome – Burn? – Robert Royal Ph.D., The Catholic Thing
The Catholic Church of Mammon – Fr. Dwight Longenecker
A Clean House – Jennifer Hartline, The Stream
Card. McCarrick Reportedly Lived on IVE Seminary Property During Retirement – CNA
Bring Back Sackcloth & Ashes – Sohrab Ahmari, Commentary
What Scripture Says About the Reliability of Religious Leaders – Fr. Jerry J. Pokorsky
How Pp. Francis Could Get Back Into the Game on Sex Abuse Reform – C. Collins, Crux
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TVESDAY MORTIFYING EDITION

The Hat of a Bishop (Credit: Antonio Nardelli via Shutterstock)

Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego Refused the Help of a Leading Expert on Clerical Sexual Behavior & Catholic Sociologist Richard Sipe to Deal with the Cardinal McCarrick Homosexual Predation & Pedophilia Scandal in 2016

. . .today In The Bishops’ Reckoning. . .

by Rod Dreher

Card. McCarrick, Dissent from Humanæ Vitæ, & Sensus Fidelium – J. Smith, The CWR
What Catholics Do When the Church’s Body is Being Torn Apart – Fr. Z’s Blog
Grand Jury Report Into PA Dioceses Details Unacceptable Behavior – CNA via the CWR
Coping with Scandal: What Everyone Can Do – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture
Using Journalism TARDIS: Why was Card. McCarrick Such a Crucial News Source? – GR
There’s No Biological Solution to Church’s Homosexual Predation Crisis – M. Dougherty
Court Drops Charges Against Dv. Daleiden for Exposing PP Baby Part Sales – Life News
Priests Continue Rebellion in Togo Diocese; Vow to Take the Case to the Pope – Crux
Without Truth, There is No Trust & Without Trust. . . – Carl E. Olson, The CWR
Humanæ Vitæ: Courage of Paul VI Stood Out During Tumultuous 1968 – NC Register
Irish Catholic Counseling Agency Agrees to Help “Gay Couples” – Catholic Herald
Mortal or Not, Sin Always Causes Harm – Msgr. Charles Pope, Community in Mission
Cedars of Lebanon, a Cultural Treasure for an Ancient Land, Face Threats – Aleteia
ACLU Wants to Stop Catholics from Finding Homes for Foster Kids – Jn. Stonestreet, LN
Pro-Lifers Accuse Council of Censorship after being Kicked Out of London Show – CH
Nicaraguan President Slanders Church – Luis Manuel Galeano, Associated Press via Crux
Chile Announces a Wide Probe Into Catholic Church Sex Abuse – AP via Crux
Nicaragua’s Ortega Denies Responsibility for Deaths; Open to Dialogue w/Church – Crx
War on the Church in Nicaragua – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
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MONDAY EGREGIOVS EDITION

Cardinals Kevin Farrell, Joseph Tobin, & Sean O’Malley

Three Cardinals — Farrell, Tobin, & O’Malley — Have Some Explaining To Do

. . .these bureaucrats, I swear.  Father Ramsey took a big risk to try to handle this within the Church, but the best he could get from Cardinal O’Malley is the clerical version of, “Sorry, that’s not my table”. . .

by Rod Dreher

How to Deal Properly with the Church Sex Scandals – Fr. Tho. V. Berg Ph.D., Frst Thngs
N.Y. Times Created a New Version of Leviticus to Support Gay Sex – Mic. Brown Ph.D.
For Unfairly Dumped Fr. Phillips, A Study in Contrasts – Steve Skojec, One Peter 5
Homosexuality – Fr. John Hunwicke, Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment
How to Get to the Bottom of the Card. McCarrick Story for Good – Julia Duin, Get Rlgn
Protestant Myths About the Catholic Faith – Sarah Covey, Catholic Stand
More Details Emerge on Sex Abuse Allegations on Card. McCarrick – Sarah Rankin, Crux
University of Iowa Deregisters Dozens of Christian Student Groups – Jennifer Kabbany
The Coming Theocracy: Boogeyman of the Left – Regis Nicoll, Crisis Magazine
Catholic Relief Services is a Major Funder of Contraception-Lobbyists – One Peter 5
Leaked Letter Adds to Pressure on Chile Cardinal Over Sex Abuse Scandals – Crux
Quotes Suitable for Framing: David Brady – Donald R. McClarey J.D., TACatholic
Eternal Truths & “Pastoral” Changes – Eduardo J. Echeverria, The Catholic Thing
Study: Kids Attending Govt Preschool Learn Less, Misbehave More – Joy Pullman
Testy Argentine Abortion Row Features Video Games, Slum Priests – I. San Martín, Crux
The Treasure of Sin? – Nathalie Fernandez, Ignitum Today
Teaching Prudence — & Not Teaching It – Randall B. Smith Ph.D., The Catholic Thing
How Long Until Students Denounce Shakespeare as a White Imperialist? – Cthlc Herald
Outcome-based Parenting – Julie Machado, Catholic Stand
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