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Posted on July 20, 2015August 30, 2026

I Was a Gay Priest for 25 Years

By Bill Dickinson


Catholic bishops don’t have to wait for a change in doctrine in order to help, instead of hurt, LGBT people. Here are four proposals.

At age 54, and after 25 years as a Roman Catholic priest, I

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Posted on July 19, 2015August 30, 2026

In his first remarks since resigning, Nienstedt denies allegations in affidavits

By Jean Hopfensperger and Tony Kennedy and Paul McEnroe

Former Archbishop John Nienstedt said he remains “dumbfounded” by the allegations of personal misconduct that emerged last year during an internal church investigation of his behavior — a report that the

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Posted on July 18, 2015August 30, 2026

Married gay man describes denial of communion at mother’s funeral Mass

By Steve Hardy

 

Tim Ardillo said he was standing next to his mother’s coffin leading his young son to receive a blessing when the priest presiding over the funeral Mass denied him communion.

The longtime Catholic said the priest

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Posted on July 11, 2015August 30, 2026

Vatican sex abuse trial halted as ex-archbishop falls ill

Jozef Wesolowski in a 15 March, 2013 file photo
It is not clear why the 66-year-old was hospitalised

The trial of a former archbishop charged with child sex offences has been adjourned after the defendant fell ill hours before he was due to appear in court at the Vatican.

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Posted on July 3, 2015August 30, 2026

Oregon Catholic priest put on leave amid hidden camera probe

By Shelby Sebens

 An Oregon Catholic priest has been placed on leave by the Archdiocese of Portland as police investigate who placed a hidden camera, carefully disguised as an electrical outlet, in a church bathroom, the archdiocese said on Thursday.
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Posted on June 26, 2015August 26, 2026

Gay Catholics Will Be Silenced During Pope Francis’ Philadelphia Visit: Archbishop

By Philip Pullella

Homosexuals can attend a Catholic family congress in Philadelphia during Pope Francis’ U.S. visit this year but won’t be allowed to use it to attack Church teachings, the city’s archbishop said on Thursday.

“We don’t want to

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Posted on June 20, 2015August 26, 2026

Report: Former Twin Cities archbishop John Nienstedt tried to limit investigation

The former archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis, John Nienstedt, interfered with an investigation by an outside law firm into allegations of his misconduct, Minnesota Public Radio reported Friday.

While Nienstedt authorized the investigation in the hope of

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Posted on June 16, 2015August 26, 2026

More smoke and mirrors from the Vatican on child sexual abuse

By Kieran Tapsell

Cardinal Desmond Connell, the former archbishop of Dublin, told the Murphy commission in Ireland that mental reservation was deceiving someone without telling a lie. He said it is permissible to use “an ambiguous expression realising that the
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Posted on June 15, 2015August 26, 2026

Children of celibacy: What happens when priests’ vows are too hard to keep

Priests sometimes father children, but everyone involved can be trapped in a web of secrecy.

By Mark Woods

Roman Catholic priests take vows of lifelong celibacy. Probably the majority see it as a gift and a calling, and are content

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Posted on June 15, 2015August 26, 2026

Vatican orders former archbishop Jozef Wesolowski to stand trial for sex abuse

A Vatican prosecutor on Monday ordered the trial of a former Roman Catholic archbishop accused of paying for sex with children while he was a papal ambassador in the Dominican Republic and of possessing child pornographic material.

Jozef Wesolowski, a

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