Archbishop Emeritus Theodore McCarrick

Viganò Watch: Tuesday First Edition

Pope Francis & Cardinal Maradiaga

Cardinal Maradiaga, Cardinal Danneels, & McCarrick Campaigned for Bergoglio to be Pope

. . .Cdls Danneels & Ex-Cdl McCarrick campaigned for Bergoglio to be Pope, as did ++Maradiaga on eve of Conclave, phoning up various cardinals from the Honduran embassy in Rome.  Despite their pasts, all 3 prelates have since been special advisors of Francis or rehabilitated by him. . .

by Edward Pentin

via Twitter

Wherein Fr. Z is Intimidated & Just a Bit Scared – Fr. Z’s Blog
7 Reasons Why I Believe Vigano’s Accusations to be Credible, Updated – Thomas Peters
One Mad Mom Fisks John Allen’s Reporting on Scandal – One Mad Mom
The Best Nuncio We’ve Had Thus Far – George Weigel, First Things
Why We Stay, & the Viganò Testimony – George Weigel, First Things
Viganò: I Did Not Quash The Nienstedt Investigation – Rod Dreher, The American. . .
Where Did Retired McCarrick Live After Alleged Vatican Sanctions? – Ed Condon J.C.L.
Viganò Responds to Handling of 2014 Nienstedt Investigation, Updated – Carl E. Elson
The Amazing Story of How Viganò’s Report Came to Be – Steve Skojec, One Peter 5
A Cleansing Fire – Robert Royal Ph.D., The Catholic Thing
The Viganò Letter Could Spark a Conflagration in the Curia – Fr. Raymond J. de Souza
What Did Pope Francis Know? – Ross Douthat, The New York Times
McCarrick, Dissent from ‘Humanae Vitae’, & the ‘Sensus Fidelium’ – Janet E. Smith
Bishops Offer Support for Viganò, Six Prelates Voice Their Concern – Steve Skojec, 1P5
President of U.S.C.C.B. Seeks Papal Audience after Viganò Letter – Ch. White, Crux
If Allegations Against Francis are True, He is Morally Unfit & Must Resign – Matt Walsh
The ‘Testimony’ of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò – Bishop Ath. Schneider, NC Register
Washington Catholics Call for Cardinal’s Resignation, Pray for Victims – CNS via Crux
Making Sense of McCarrick Cover-up Charges Against Pope Francis – John L. Allen Jr.
Podcazt 167: Reflection of Bishop Ath. Schneider & Viganò Testimony – Fr. Z’s Blog
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Viganò Watch: Monday Edition

Cardinal Wuerl & Pope Francis (Pic Credit: The Catholic World Report)

Viganò Letter: Spokesman Confirms Wuerl Canceled a Meeting between McCarrick & Potential Seminarians

. . .What did Donald Cardinal Wuerl, know – & when did he know it. . .

. . .Cardinal Wuerl has said that he knew nothing of McCarrick’s alleged behaviour until news reached him of an allegation under review in the Archdiocese of New York, where McCarrick began his ecclesiastical career, according to which McCarrick sexually assaulted an altar boy on at least two occasions in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, starting in 1971. . .

by Christopher Altieri

of Catholic Herald

Evidence McCarrick Aided in Making Cupich Archbishop of Chicago – Sandro Magister
The Dictator Pope Author: Wholly Unscrupulous Man in Chair of Peter – J. Zmirak Ph.D.
Cupich Astonished by Allegations His Career Aided by McCarrick – Th. Williams Ph.D.
What Is It with Pope Francis & Homosexual Predation? – Elizabeth Scalia via Twitter
The Washington Post’s Own Source Confirms Viganò – Michelle Boorstein, WaPo
Answering Vigano’s Critics – Rod Dreher, The American. . .
2004: McCarrick Publicly Lied about Ratzinger, No Repercussions – Sammons via Twitter
The Top-Tier Villains – One Mad Mom
Viganò’s Accusations: What We Know & What Questions They Raise – Mic. J. O’Loughlin
A Catholic Civil War? – Matthew Schmitz, The New York Times
Philly Church: Catholics are Also Questioning the Pope – The Philly Inquirer & Daily News
Pope Faces Crisis of Credibility Over Coverup Accusations – Francis X. Rocca, The WSJ
Liberal Catholic Magazine Misrepresenting What the Pope Said – L. England via Twitter
Former Nunciature Official: Vigano Said the Truth – E. Condon J.C.L., C. News Agency
Card. Burke: Corruption & Filth of Church Must be Purified at Their Roots – J.H. Westen
Can We Trust Certain Catholic Journalists to be Objective? – Radical Catholic via Twitter
McCarrick Cover-up: Popes Tells Reporters To Do Their Jobs – Inés San Martín, Crux
At Knock, Pope Again Begs Forgiveness for Sex Abuse – C. Wooden, CNS via Cth. Herald
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Ex-Nuncio Accuses Pope Francis of Failing to Act on McCarrick’s Abuse

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò (Pic Credit: Edward Pentin via NC Register)

. . .in an extraordinary 11-page written testament, a former apostolic nuncio to the United States has accused several senior prelates of complicity in covering up Archbishop Emeritus Theodore McCarrick’s allegations of sexual abuse & has claimed that Pope Francis knew about sanctions imposed on then-Cardinal McCarrick by Pope Benedict XVI but chose to repeal them. . .

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Possible Doubts to Archbishop Viganòs Letter – Ross Douthat via Twitter
Questions Raised About McElroy’s Response to 2016 McCarrick Allegations – Reg; link fixed
Pope Benedict’s Circle are Confirming Part of the Story – Ross Douthat via Twitter
Ex-Nuncio Accuses Pope of Failing to Act on McCarrick’s Abuse – Ed Pentin, NC Register
This Papacy May Come to a Spectacular & Disastrous End – Damian Thompson
Vatican Has No Immediate Comment Onboard Papal Plane – Edward Pentin via Twitter
Bishop Strickland of Tyler Believes Claims Against the Pope – Diocese of Tyler
PODCAzT 166: Viganò is Absolutely Reliable – Fr. Z’s Blog
Heterodox Priests & Journalists Go Silent on Papal Scandal – Thomas Peters via Twitter
On the Pope, Time for a Reality Check – James A. Toups, Hope in the Storm
Homoheresy & Homopraxis, Why Doesn’t Pope Call Problems by Their Name? – Fr. Z
McCarrick & the Institute of the Incarnate Word – Our Concerns About IVE
Heterodox in Denial of Homosexual Predation Scandal – D.R. McClarey J.D., TACatholic
If Viganò’s “Testimony” is True, the Pope Failed His Own Test – Chr. R. Altieri, The CWR
Wuerl Denies He was Informed of Restrictions on McCarrick – J.D. Flynn J.C.L., NC Rgstr
Viganò Calls on Pope to Resign, Saying He Knew about McCarrick – Crux
Pope Alleged to Have Known in 2013 About Sex-Abuse Charges – F.X. Rocca, The WSJ
Pope Meets Victims, Uses Strong Street Term for Abuse & Cover-up – I. San Martín, Crux
Viganò Claims Pope Knew of Abusive Ex-cardinal, Calls for His Resignation – CBS News
Pope, Cardinals Knew About Sex Abuse Scandal, Viganò Claims – Nicole Winfield, AP
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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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McCarrick Watch: Monday Edition

Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego covered-up for McCarrick back in July of 2016 (Pic Credit: Times of San Diego)

The Church’s Coming Catastrophe

. . .I’m seeing more & more Catholic bishops issuing statements about McCarrick, & more & more Catholic laity saying, “Sorry, not good enough”. . .

by Rod Dreher,

Gay Priest Says Same-Sex Partnered Officials in the Vatican – Joseph Sciambra
Bp. Rob. McElroy Knew about McCarrick’s Sex Abuse Since July 2016 – Chr. Niles J.D.
The Gay Elephant in the Sacristy – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
A Priest Responds to the Catholic Church’s ‘Summer of Shame’ – Fr. Benedict Kiely
Bishop E. Rice: Homosexuality at the Root of the Scandal – S. Wynne, Church Militant
Wuerl Seeks to Clarify Recent Comments, Downplays It in Same Interview – The CWR
Card. Wuerl Doubles Down Bishops-only Investigation – Bradley Eli, Church Militant
No Half Measures in Responding to Scandal – The Editors, National Catholic Register
Just How Independent Would This Committee Be? – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture
Chastity, for Each & All, is Central to a Life of Holiness – Susanna Spencer, NC Register
Canonical Reform Won’t End Scandal, But It can Help – Edward N. Peters J.C.D. J.D.
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McCarrick Watch: Thursday Edition

Archbishop Emeritus Theodore McCarrick (Pic Credit: CNA via NC Register)

How to Save the American Catholic Leadership from Itself

. . .Uncle Ted Groomed & Picked Our Bishops. . .

. . .The man who earned that millstone helped pick bishops all across the United States.  Names include Cardinal Blaise Cupich of Chicago, Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark, & Cardinal Kevin Farrell, now running the *cough* Vatican office for Laity, Family, & Life.  Farrell shared an apartment with McCarrick for years, but claims he had no idea about McCarrick’s sordid habits.  Right.  We believe that, don’t we. . .

by John Zmirak, Ph.D.,

Dear Card. Cupich: Sex Abuse Has Everything to Do with Homosexuality – C. Chretien
Healing: Bishops Should Consider Doing Public Penance – Dawn Eden Goldstein, C. Hrld
McCarrick, the Bishops, & the Sense of Sin – Fr. Dwight Longenecker
Bishop Shawn McKnight: “It is Almost Unbearable” – K. Schiffer, National Cthlc Register
Time’s Up for the Bishops – Cynthia Millen, Catholic Stand
Where Are the Bishops Who Will Defend Faithful Priests? – A Diocesan Priest, Crisis
Silence Stops Now – Regina Magazine
Metuchen Bishop: Fear of Retribution Must End Seminarians – Peter Jesserer Smith
The Bishops & ‘Best Practices’, Does That Sound Familiar? – Ph. Lawler, Cthlc Culture
Young Catholics Sign Letter Calling for Investigation – Ch. Rousselle, Ntnl C. Register
Living Holy Lives Will Help Heal the Church – Constance T. Hull, Catholic Exchange
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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”

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. . .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: 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’?

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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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