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August 8, 2018 – AN OPEN LETTER FROM YOUNG CATHOLICS

https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2018/08/an-open-letter-from-young-catholics

Archbishop McCarrick’s predatory career would not have been possible without the culpable silence or active complicity of men at the highest levels of the Church. Revelations of his abuse have therefore gravely damaged the credibility of the whole Catholic hierarchy. Here a group of young Catholics speaks with one voice about the need for a cleansing fire. Their statement is non-partisan, assuming nothing but the eternal validity of the Church’s teaching.