US Catholic Church reports big rise in sex-abuse allegations DAVID CRARY. Associated Press•May 31, 2019 NEW YORK (AP) — Quantifying its vast sex-abuse crisis, the U.S. Roman Catholic Church said Friday that allegations of child sex abuse by clerics more than doubled in its latest 12-month reporting period, […]
More Americans than ever are leaving the Catholic Church after the sex abuse scandal. Here’s why. Lindsay Schnell. USA TODAY•April 22, 2019 YORK, Pa. – On Palm Sunday, Barbara Hoover exited Brougher Chapel with a palm frond in her left hand. The 76-year-old retiree sized up the church in […]
Admit history of abuse of women, male domination. Are we talking about Saudi Arabia or the Vatican? False Prophet or the Beast. Birds of a feather, flock together. By Philip Pullella. Reuters•April 2, 2019 VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Tuesday the Catholic Church had to […]
Mississippi bishop: ‘Shattered lives’ amid clergy sex abuse EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS. Associated Press•March 19, 2019 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Catholic diocese in Mississippi on Tuesday released the names of 37 clergy members who it says have been credibly accused of sexually abusing children. Officials with the Diocese […]
West Virginia’s attorney general alleges Catholic Church allowed abusive priests to teach in schools. A bottomless pit of evil. MEGHAN KENEALLY. ABC News•March 19, 2019 West Virginia’s attorney general alleges Catholic Church allowed abusive priests to teach in schools originally appeared on abcnews.go.com The Catholic diocese allowed priests to serve in […]
After Years Of Abuse By Priests, #NunsToo Are Speaking Out NPR. March 18, 2019 In February, Pope Francis acknowledged a longstanding dirty secret in the Roman Catholic Church — the sexual abuse of nuns by priests. It’s an issue that had long been kept under wraps, but in […]
German Catholics accused of ‘stonewalling’ by child abuse victims Frank ZELLER. AFP•March 14, 2019 Berlin (AFP) – Germany’s under-fire Catholic Church admitted Thursday it must urgently confront its child sex abuse scandal, but victims accused it of continued “stonewalling”, especially on compensation. As in Australia, Chile, France, Ireland […]
Was the False Prophet’s sex abuse speech a disgraceful display of excuses and evasions? By Marc Thiessen | The Washington Post. February 27, 2019 Pope Francis’s closing address to the Vatican Summit on Child Protection was a disgraceful display of excuses and evasions. He began with an extended meditation on how a “great […]
Southern Baptist Convention grapples with sexual abuse report Josiah Hesse. The Guardian•February 24, 2019 After two newspapers rocked the evangelical Vatican, members who work with victims say much remains to be changed. The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), one of the largest Christian organizations in the world, is grappling […]
Blog note. Wolves in sheep clothing. Ravenous wolves. End of note. I’m not sure if Pope Francis is taking notes from the Dalai Lama, or if the Dalai Lama is taking notes from Pope Francis. They seem to be preaching from the same notes from hell. Another false, […]
