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Ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick pleads not guilty to three counts of child sex assault; some in crowd outside yell, ‘Shame on you!’

09/03/2021 at 1:48 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Kurt Shillinger and Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, September 3, 2021 DEDHAM, Mass. — Disgraced ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick, 91, in street clothes and standing with a walker, was arraigned Friday in a suburban Boston courtroom on three counts of criminal child sex... read more

Defrocked cardinal Theodore McCarrick charged with sexually assaulting teenager in 1970s

07/29/2021 at 3:25 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Shelley Murphy, Boston Globe Staff, July 29, 2021 Defrocked former cardinal Theodore McCarrick was charged Wednesday with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy during a wedding reception at Wellesley College in the 1970s, making him the highest-ranking Roman Catholic official in the United... read more

Newark archdiocese to investigate app use allegations

07/26/2021 at 9:40 AM By Kevin Edward White
The Archdiocese of Newark says it will investigate the possibility of clerical sexual misconduct, in response to questions from The Pillar about the use of location-based hookup apps at several parish rectories in the archdiocese. While a spokesperson told The Pillar it is... read more

Senior US Catholic resigns over Grindr allegations

07/21/2021 at 3:15 PM By Kevin Edward White
BBC, July 21, 2021A senior US Roman Catholic Church official has resigned after allegations he had used gay dating app Grindr. Roman Catholic newsletter The Pillar alleged de-anonymised data it had obtained showed visits to gay bars and use of the location-based dating app. The Reverend... read more

Priests testify at Vatican trial on abuse in minor seminary

06/08/2021 at 5:35 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux, June 7, 2021ROME — Several priests, some of whom were former students at a minor seminary located in the Vatican, testified at the ongoing trial of Father Gabriele Martinelli, who is accused of sexually abusing a younger student at the St. Pius X... read more

Bishop apologizes to fired LGBT Catholic educator at theology gathering

06/08/2021 at 3:49 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Joshua J. McElwee, National Catholic Reporter, June 8, 2021 Margie Winters, a former educator at Waldron Mercy Academy in Merion, Pennsylvania, who was fired because she is married to a woman, speaks June 4 during a session of the College Theology Society's annual gathering. (NCR... read more

Former students testify at Vatican trial on abuse in minor seminary

05/15/2021 at 5:30 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Cindy Wooten, Catholic News Service, May 12, 2021 VATICAN CITY - Four former students at the minor seminary located in the Vatican testified May 12 at the ongoing trial of Father Gabriele Martinelli, who is accused of sexually abusing a younger student at the St. Pius X Pre-Seminary. One... read more

Pressure Mounts For the Church to Change Her Teaching on Homosexuality As Open Schism Looms

04/23/2021 at 4:51 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Steve Skojec, One Peter Five, April 23, 2021 Earlier this week, Edward Pentin of the National Catholic Register reported that the Church is facing pressure on multiple fronts to change her teaching that homosexuality is “intrinsically disordered”: "Pressure continues to be exerted on... read more

How to React When Priests and Prelates Act Badly

03/22/2021 at 5:14 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Jonathon B. Coe. Crisis Magazine, March 22, 2021 Several years ago, when I was received into the Catholic Church, I thought I had come into the experience with my eyes fully open. The scandals of 2002 had already happened, and their details and significance were being truthfully unpacked by... read more

American seminary in Rome to defend itself against lawsuit alleging ‘predatory homosexuality’

02/06/2021 at 9:26 PM By Kevin Edward White
By CNA Staff, February 6, 2121 The American seminary in Rome has said it will defend itself “vigorously” against a lawsuit filed by a former student who says he was blocked from continuing his studies there after he had witnessed inappropriate homosexual contact on the part of the vice... read more

The Worst Person in America Is a Catholic Bishop. But Which?

01/31/2021 at 12:27 PM By Kevin Edward White
It hasn’t been easy picking the most … “exceptional” bishops. But I’ve narrowed the candidates down to three, out of many worthy contenders. By John Zmirak, American Greatness, January 31, 2021 With so many “conservatives” and fainting-couch Christians tripping over themselves... read more

Second Man Accuses Chicago’s Father Pfleger of Sex Abuse

01/26/2021 at 2:11 PM By Kevin Edward White

Former Cheyenne Bishop Skates on Abuse Charges

01/26/2021 at 12:54 PM By Kevin Edward White

McCarrick & The Gay Lobby Score Again

12/08/2020 at 8:55 PM By Kevin Edward White

Father Rutler’s Scandal

12/03/2020 at 12:48 PM By Kevin Edward White

The Continuing Scandal of the McCarrick Doctrine

12/01/2020 at 6:29 PM By Kevin Edward White

‘I cannot sit back and do nothing’: leading parishioner supports priest exposing homosexual cover-up

11/28/2020 at 7:30 PM By Kevin Edward White

The McCarrick Report’s Unanswered Questions

11/23/2020 at 11:08 AM By Kevin Edward White

McCarrick Report at odds with Cardinal Wuerl’s claims of ignorance

11/14/2020 at 4:06 PM By Kevin Edward White

Lori: Report marks new era of transparency, which laity ‘have rightly demanded’

11/14/2020 at 3:51 PM By Kevin Edward White