Don’t ya just love it?
When speaking to the Pope, you may not speak about yourself, and when the meeting is over you may not reveal the contents of the face-to-face conversation. In a papal audience or the brief exchange
Miami’s Catholic leaders accused of running underground gay sex mafia
In disturbing news: One of Florida’s most powerful Catholic leaders is being accused of running the Miami Archdiocese like a gay sexual mafia boss.
Gawker reports that a group of Catholics from South Florida calling their organization Christifidelis had launched
Monsignor, other clerics to stand trial together
Monsignor William Lynn, former head of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Office for Clergy, and three other current or former priests were ordered Friday to stand trial together for conspiracy to endanger the welfare of children.
Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge … Continue reading
Judge halts release of cardinal’s secret testimony
A judge on Monday halted the release of 1,200 pages of grand jury testimony of a Roman Catholic cardinal relating to his handling of priest sex-abuse complaints in Philadelphia.
Prosecutors filed Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua’s secret testimony from 2003 to support … Continue reading
The Fearful Fathers
Angry, isolated, paranoid and ageing, many of Ireland’s ‘ordinary’ Catholic priests feel failed and abandoned by the church hierarchy.
But where were the ‘good priests’ when they were needed?
THE VOICEMAIL was succinct. “Why don’t you, Mister Hoban, f**k off
BBC Panorama – What the Pope Knew (Parts 1 and 2)
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Vatican recalls envoy to Ireland
The Vatican has recalled its envoy to Ireland following Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s trenchant criticism of the Holy See’s role in covering up cases of clerical child sex abuse.
Deputy Vatican spokesman Father Ciro Benedettini said Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza, the Apostolic
Catholic church’s plea could rule out damages for priests’ abuse
Victims’ lawyers condemn ‘scandalous’ defence that Catholic priests are not legally employees of the church
Victims of sexual abuse by priests will no longer be able to sue the Catholic church for damages if a landmark judgment rules that priests