The Archdiocese of Portland has offered an open-ended loan to the Rev. Angel Armando Perez to cover legal fees as he fights an accusation that he fondled a 12-year-old boy.
Archbishop John G. Vlazny approved the loan to Perez this
Monsignor Is Caught in a Lie as Diocese Backs Out of Selling Property to a Gay Couple
–Francis DeBernardo, New Ways Ministry
The following story is a cautionary tale about how far some Catholic officials will go to dissociate themselves from marriage equality. It’s also a cautionary tale about lying and diligently checking to whom you may
Flaccid ‘Fortnight for Freedom’ fizzles for fathers
COMMENTARY – Fred Clark
The “Fortnight for Freedom” was a flop.
This was supposed to be a game-changer — the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ big display of political might. But instead it exposed the bishops as inept campaigners and
Butler’s journey from trusted servant to accused Judas
Just after dawn on Wednesday, May 23, Paolo Gabriele said goodbye to his wife, passed by the bedrooms of his three children and left to start another day in the service of the man Roman Catholics believe is the vicar
Cardinal Authorized Paying Abusers
File Under: This man couldn’t tell the truth if his life depended upon it!
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York authorized payments of as much as $20,000 to sexually abusive priests as an incentive for them to agree to
Diocese settles civil suit for $3.75 million
The Diocese of Stockton has settled a civil lawsuit and will pay $3.75 million to a plaintiff who accused removed priest Michael Kelly of sexually molesting him.
After obtaining one of the diocese’s largest-ever individual settlements for sexual abuse, the
Vatican ruled by ‘omerta’ code of silence, whistle-blower claims
The Vatican is ruled by a climate of fear and an ‘omerta’ code of silence, a whistle-blower has claimed.
The mole claims to be one of more than 20 people within the Holy See who have leaked sensitive documents to
Corruption scandal shakes Vatican as internal letters leaked
Say it ain’t so! Vatican and scandal in the same sentence? Can’t be!
The Vatican was shaken by a corruption scandal on Thursday after an Italian television investigation said a former top official had been transferred against his will after
Lawyers: Prosecutors hanging blame for Philly church abuse on 1 monsignor; March trial looms
Prosecutors are trying to hold a single Roman Catholic church official responsible for the priest abuse scandal in Philadelphia, defense lawyers argued Tuesday at a key hearing in a novel clergy-abuse case.
City prosecutors want to include accusations against dozens
Disobedient priests plan global movement
A parish priest who encouraged clergymen to be “disobedient” towards the Vatican plans to go international.
Helmut Schüller of the Preachers’ Initiative said yesterday (Sun) that “2012 will be the year of internationalisation”. Schüller – who previously headed Caritas Austria