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Category Archives: Clerical Sexual Abuse
Video interview of Msgr. Charles Scicluna: “words of fire”
My friend Greg Burke, the Rome correspondent for Fox News, scored an interview – video interview – with Msgr. Charles Scicluna of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith who handles graviora delicta cases. Vatican Prosecutor: Pope Showed “Frustration … Read More
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Pelosi to receive award from Planned Parenthood
From LifeSite…. you can’t make these things up. Catholic Pelosi to Receive Planned Parenthood Award for Stopping Stupak Abortion Funding Ban By John Jalsevac July 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a self-professed devout Catholic, will receive … Read More
Some comments on the new norms concerning Graviora Delicta
The Holy See has revised some norms concerning "exceptionally serious" crimes against faith and morals. All the delicts will be handled by the tribunal of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Besides the Church’s three great tribunals (Segnatura, … Read More
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NCR and Sipe on “Scandal vs. crisis”
Ex-priest Richard Sipe has a piece in the National Catholic Fishwrap: My emphases and comments: Scandal vs. crisis; PR vs. raw databy A.W. Richard Sipe on Jul. 09, 2010 Examining the Crisis Ron Westrum, professor of sociology at Eastern Michigan … Read More
Another attempt to juxtapose ordination of women and clerical abuse of children
The managing editor of the liberal U.S. Catholic needs some aggiornamento. In this editorial piece, he almost gets it right. He does pretty well until he gets to the end where he lurches into a total failure. Let’s have a … Read More
New CDF procedures for cases of clerical sexual abuse of minors
I saw this at Paolo Rodari’s blog (in my rapid translation): [Msgr.] Charles Scicluna, promoter of justics for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, should return to the Vatican around this time after some days of vacation. With … Read More
The key purposeful error in the NYTimes new attack on Pope Benedict
There is a key problem with the recent article in Hell’s Bible (aka New York Times) attacking the Pope. As a preamble I must say that people have already made up their mind about the Catholic Church and the clerical … Read More
LCWR’s long-standing coverup of sexual abuse of children by nuns
The Dissenter’s Breviary, NCR, and the "magisterium of nuns", LCWR, are abusing the abuse crisis for their own ends. Have a look at the recent NCR piece, "Compromised hierarchy needs relational wisdom of women" by Charlene Spretnak. Spretnak draws an … Read More
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Pew Study: MSM focus on allegations against Pope Benedict
I picked this us from Just B16. Media dwelt on allegations against the Pope—Pew study by Carolyn Moynihan 14 Jun 2010 Americans might find it difficult to believe but a Pew Research Center analysis of the media coverage of the … Read More
The bitterness of hell, amplified by those whom the damned has caused to fall
From CNA comes an interesting point about the Four Last Things, which you should be thinking of constantly and your evening examination of conscience. We have heard straight talk from Msgr. Scicluna before, about graviora delicta committed by priests who … Read More
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