Homosexual Predation Scandal

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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Homosexual Predation Scandal: Satvrday Edition

Two Lovers (1850), by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Pic Credit: Shameless Popery)

What the Sex Abuse Scandals Reveal About Catholicism

. . .the Church has been waging a losing battle with most of the rest of the world for some time on how seriously to take sex.  The other side in this debate defends pornography, fornication, masturbation, sodomy, & sometimes even adultery on the grounds that “sex is no big deal.”  The Huffington Post, in an entry aptly titled “Why Sex Is No Big Deal” makes the case this way. . .

by Joe Heschmeyer,

of Shameless Popery

They Really Don’t Get It – Mark Lambert, De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.
Rod (Dreher) Was Right & I Was Wrong – Austin Ruse, Crisis Magazine
I Really Hate Writing on This Topic – Jeffrey Miller, The Curt Jester
The Present Crisis & the Work of Satan – Fr. Dwight Longenecker
The Homosexual Rot Has Now Undermined Our Ability to Evangelize – Fay Voshell, LS
How to Save the Catholic Church – Rachel Lu, The Week
A Marine’s Perspective on McCarrick & Corrupt Leadership – Marcus Allen Steele
Root of Catholic Demolition of Past 50 Years: Crisis of Holiness – Fr. Richard Heilman
Catholic Publisher Cancels Cardinal Wuerl’s Book after Sex Abuse Report – L. Laurence
In Times of Crisis, We Need Individuals Like These to Step Up – Tom Perna
A Sociologist Looks at the Catholic Sex Abuse Crisis – Paul Sullins, Mercatornet
Sad State of the Church Today is the Consequence of Our Sins – P. Kwasniewski Ph.D.
Kn. of Col. Head: Priests Need to Come Clean about Their Sexual Immorality – Life Site
‘Look Not Upon Me’: Thoughts on the Abuse Crisis – Joseph Shaw, LMS Chairman
Kn. of Col. Say They’ll be Helping Response to Abuse Crisis – Kat. N. Hattrup, Aleteia
Bishops Need to Sacrifice Power, Privilege to Resolve Abuse Crisis – C. Altieri, C. Herald
#Sackclothandashes: Making Acts of Reparation in the Face of Scandal – Ntnl C. Register
Illinois Launches Investigation Into Dioceses After Pennsylvania Report – Catholic Herald
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Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report

Donald Cardinal Wuerl (Pic Credit: Catholic News Agency)

Cardinal Wuerl Named in Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report, Responds to Criticism

. . .of the 19 cases which arose during Wuerl’s time as bishop, 18 were removed from ministry immediately.  The other cases Wuerl addressed in Pittsburgh principally concerned actions & allegations that arose during the reign of his predecessor, Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua. . .

by Edward Condon, J.C.L.,

of Catholic News Agency,

via the National Catholic Register

Over 300 Perps, Over 1000 Kids – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Pennsylvania Bishops Respond – Christine Rousselle, CNA via National Catholic Register
Details Rape of Children, Culture of Secrecy That Fanned It – Rh. Guidos, C. News Srvc
Bishops ‘Shamed’ by ‘Sins, Omissions’ of Priests, Bishops Leading to Abuse – CNS
Four Ways to Harness Your Holy Anger – Derya Little, National Catholic Register
Statements from Bishops of Dioceses Named in Report – Catholic News Service
Report Shows Blistering Record of Abuse in Six Dioceses – Elise Harris, Crux
Wuerl: In Pittsburgh, He Established Strong Policies on Abuse Claims – C. News Srvc
Grand Jury Report Exposes Decades of Church Cover-Up – Claire Chretien, Life Site
Details of Decades of Clerical Abuse Allegations – Ch. Rousselle, CNA via NC Register
A Harrowing Record of Abuse in Six Dioceses – Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service
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TVESDAY MORNING EDITION

Catholic Martyrs (Pic Credit: Taylor Marshall)

Dr. Marshall Speaks Out Against Catholic Homosexual-Scandal:  Does the Mega-Diocese Foster Sexual Scandals & Bad Priests?  Yes

. . .evolution of the Mega-Diocese.  Since 1900, the concept of the Catholic diocese has morphed into something that would not be recognized by Christians of the medieval period, & certainly not by the Church Fathers. . .

by Taylor Marshall, Ph.D.

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
Fr. Thomas Rosica Implies Scripture & Tradition are “Disordered Attachments” – R.C.
Time to Hold Prelates Accountable at the Vatican, Too – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture
Bishop Conley Gives Update on Diocesan Allegations, Review Policies – NC Register
Robert Spencer Exposes Islam’s Phony Peace; Book Review – Andrew E. Harrod
The Cancer Of The Cover-Up Mentality – Rod Dreher, The American. . .
Court Stops State That Tried to Tax Christians for Feeding Poor Children – Jer. Galus
Univ. of Iowa Reinstates Religious Gps. After Lawsuit by Christian Student Gp. – T.C.F.
Pittsburgh Bishop Says Not All Grand Jury Accusations are ‘Substantiated’ – The CWR
Apatheism Is More Harmful to Christianity Than Atheism & Antitheism – Brian/Sixsmith
Card. Wuerl Lays Out Plan for Lay Involvement in Bishops’ Accountability – The CWR
Pagan Piety; Book Review – Kyle Harper, First Things
Catholic Church Doesn’t Claim Superiority Over the Bible – D. Armstrong, NC Register
Actor Chris Pratt Tells Teens: “I Love God, You Should Too” – Katie Yoder, Life News
Here’s Why an LBD is the latest Travel Go-To Dress – Meghan Ashley Styling (Catholic)
Are Turkey’s Christians as ‘Fine’ as They Say? – Fehim Tastekin, Al-Monitor
How Tradition Fosters Priestly Humility – Brian Williams, Liturgy Guy
The Power of Perseverance in Catholic Fundraising – Brice Sokolowski
Caritas Project Seeks to End Hunger in South Asia – Catholic News Service via Crux
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MONDAY MORNING EDITION

Notice the young boys hand finger walking towards older mans hand (Pic Credit: Lucifer)

Fr. James Martin, S.J., Openly Promoting Homosexuality & Pedophilia

. . .super creepy poster for “gay” conference reveals agenda. . .

by Father John Zuhsldorf,

of Fr. Z’s Blog

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
On Cardinal Sodano & the Meaning of ‘Accountability’ – John L. Allen Jr., Crux
Homosexual Sex, Booze Scandal Shakes Boston Seminary – Rod Dreher
Ex-Seminarian Exposes Homosexual Predation at Conservative Seminary – Chrch Mltnt
Patrick Coffin: Making Sense of Pope Francis—Philip Lawler – Pt. Coffin, Catholic Stand
Magazine, Twitter Prove Sources to Report Alleged Boston Seminarian Abuse – Crux
Pope Francis has a Problem: Italian Catholics – Jacopo Barigazzi, Politico EU
Marriage in Heaven? Will We Know & Love Our Spouses in Heaven? – Steve Ray, DotCF
Bishop: Some Priests Named in Pennsylvania Report Remain in Ministry – AP via Crux
Speculation Continues on Possible New Deputy at Vatican Powerhouse – A Gagliarducci
Could NY Times’s Abortion Coverage be Any More One-eyed? – R Kimball, Spectator US
Questions for “Bible Christians” – Steve Ray, Defenders of the Catholic Faith
The Myth That Christians Destroyed the Classical World Dies Hard – Richard Tada
Here’s Why an LBD is the latest Travel Go-To Dress – Meghan Ashley Styling (Catholic)
Mary Statue Claimed to Be Crying Blood in Argentina, Video – ChurchPOP
Fairer Media, Powerful Pro-life Women: How Argentina Won Where Ireland Lost – CH
Peace Activists’ Prayer Service Marks Nagasaki, Hiroshima Anniversary – CNS via Crux
The Power of Perseverance in Catholic Fundraising – Brice Sokolowski
At World’s Largest Refugee Camp, Trauma Victims Seek Healing in God – Rlgn Nws Srvc
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McCarrick Watch: Friday Edition

Sermon & Deeds of the Antichrist by Luca Signorelli, circa A.D. 1500 (Pic Credit: NC Register)

Here’s What I Think About the McCarrick Mess

. . .we should ask the heavenly powers to fight with us & for us.  I might suggest especially calling upon the one who crushes the head of the serpent. . .

by Bishop Robert E. Barron, S.T.D.,

from the National Catholic Register

Name Names, No More Bureaucratic Responses – Rod Dreher, The American. . .
Cardinal Danneels: A Wolf in Shepherd’s Clothing – John Zmirak Ph.D., The Stream
The Consequences if All the Bishops Resign – Fr. Z’s Blog
An American Priest’s Despair – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Bring on the Righteous Anger – Fr. Dwight Longenecker
This is Where We Are Now – Matthew Archbold, National Catholic Register
Reflections on the Abuse Saga: It’s Not Just about McCarrick – Inés San Martín, Crux
Wickedness in High Places – Sam Guzman, The Catholic Gentleman
Roundup: Bishops React to McCarrick Scandal – Register Staff, NC Register
Sex-Abuse Survivor Says Cardinal Wuerl’s Proposals Don’t Go Far Enough – NC Register
Evangelical Episcopal Repentance – Daniel Philpott, Arc of the Universe
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THVRSDAY EARLY AFTERNOON EDITION

Francisco Cardinal Errazuriz (Pic Credit: La Croix)

Cardinal Errázuriz of Chile Responds to Homosexual Predation Cover-Up Allegations

. . .Crux recently published a three-part series by senior correspondent Elise Harris exploring ties between Cardinal Francisco Errázuriz of Chile, a close papal confidante, & Peruvian layman Luis Fernando Figari, who’s now accused of sexual abuse & abuses of power & conscience within the prominent lay movement he founded. . .

by Crux Staff

of Crux

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
George Weigel’s Article is Delusional, Seriously Delusional – Rod Dreher, The Ameri. . .
Weigel, World Youth Day, & a Conservative Catholicism that Doesn’t Exist – Ste. Skojec
Who Profits? – Anthony M. Esolen Ph.D., Crisis Magazine
May Catholics Attend a “Gay Wedding” for Pastoral Reasons? – Fr. David Nix, Plgrm Prst
Losing the Labels: Let’s be Catholic Again – Steve Skojec, One Peter 5
Seven Secrets of St. Edith Stein – Suzie Andres, Catholic Exchange
Archbishop Sample: Liturgy According to the Mind, Heart of the Church – NC Register
They Probably Don’t Even Have a Starbucks! – Donald R. McClarey J.D., TACatholic
Card. Maradiaga is Protecting Gay Seminarians in Honduras – Diane Montagna, Life Site
Culture War as Class War: How ‘Gay Rights’ Reinforce Elite Power – Darel E. Paul, FTh
The Paramount Importance of Daily Prayer – Dv. Torkington, Catholic Spiritual Direction
Anne Catherine Emmerich on the Blessed Sacrament; New Book – New Ltrgcl Mvmnt
Former Pennsylvania Chief Justice Backs Delay of Grand Jury Report – NC Register
World Youth Day 1993: The Turning Point – George Weigel, The Catholic World Report
Love, Economics, & Cheap Sex – C.R. Pakaluk, Public Discourse
Media Ignores FDA Decision to Purchase Body Parts From Aborted Babies – Katie Yoder
Argentine Senate Rejects Abortion Bill – Nick Hallett, Catholic Herald
Strength for the Journey: 19th Sun. in OT Readings Explained – The Sacred Page
Christian Heartland Opens a Window Into the Fight for China’s Soul – Yanan Wang
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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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