The Dispatch
Full text: Pope Francis’ Letter to the People of God
On August 20, 2018, Pope Francis released a letter to the faithful in light of revelations of sexual abuse of minors and adults by members […]
clerical sexual abuse
Features
Bishop Morlino condemns “homosexual subculture” in the hierarchy
Most Rev. Robert C. Morlino urges “perfect hatred” for sin and a return to holiness; will preside at a public Mass of reparation for “sins […]
Special Report
“I don’t know if they will ever reveal why he was murdered”
Some friends believed Fr. Kunz’s work as an exorcist or his investigations of sexual corruption in the priesthood must have been factors in his 1998 […]
Analysis
The abuse of secrecy and the secrecy of abuse
Clerical elitism did not cause sex abuse, nor did sex abuse cause clerical elitism, but the link between the two things is certainly very real. […]
Features
Cardinal Wuerl seeks to clarify recent comments; says, “This is a very grave moment…”
In an interview with CWR, the Archbishop of Washington, DC, responds to questions about his recent appearance on the Salt & Light television network. […]
The Dispatch
Cardinal O’Malley orders inquiry into Boston seminary, places rector on ‘sabbatical’
The head of the Archdiocese of Boston has announced a major investigation into St. John’s Seminary following allegations made by two former seminarians. […]
Special Report
The unsolved murder of Fr. Alfred Kunz
Twenty years ago, a priest was found with his throat slit at a parish school in rural Wisconsin. Today, investigators are urging the public to […]
Features
“We have nothing to fear from the truth”: 25 years of covering clergy sex abuse
Veteran Catholic journalist Philip F. Lawler speaks with CWR editor Carl E. Olson about covering clerical abuse from the early 1990s to today. […]
Essay
The theological roots of the present crisis
An ambiguous attitude to “human sexuality” on the part of “mainstream” moral theology led in time to bishops effectively turning a blind eye to sinful […]
Features
Cardinal DiNardo: ‘Grave moral failures of judgment’ about McCarrick allegations
“One way or the other, we are determined to find the truth in this matter,” says the president of the USCCB. […]