US Attorneys contacted the diocese of Buffalo, NY, in late May, to inform officials of their interest in documents related to abuse reports after 1990 and therefore susceptible of prosecution under federal criminal statutes. Terrence […]
The bishops, for the first time, frankly acknowledge that there is a general corrosion of moral culture within the ranks of the Church’s clerical and […]
Grounds for hope are not found in institutional reform, psychological analysis, or new programs and protocols, but rather in a return to Jesus Christ. […]
The former nuncio to the U.S. flatly denies assertions that he ordered a stop to an investigation of then-Archbishop John Nienstedt of St. Paul and […]
It has become a synonym for “institution-harming controversy” or “bad public relations,” which are to be avoided at all costs. […]
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. […]
In an interview with CWR, the Archbishop of Washington, DC, responds to questions about his recent appearance on the Salt & Light television network. […]
The bishops of the United States—all of us—should petition the Holy Father to form a team, made up mostly of faithful lay Catholics, to empower […]
Veteran Catholic journalist Philip F. Lawler speaks with CWR editor Carl E. Olson about covering clerical abuse from the early 1990s to today. […]
“We need to investigate how this happened,” says the bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas. “And, if people knew about McCarrick’s behavior and […]
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