John-Henry Westen LifeSiteNews February 16, 2022 Link to article Rumble — After the “Summer of Shame” in 2018, which exposed high-ranking clergyman like Theodore McCarrick as both abusers and colluders in the cover-up of abuse, Father John Hollowell asked and received from God an incredible penance to offer in reparation to all victims of clerical…
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/full-text-of-benedict-xvi-the-church-and-the-scandal-of-sexual-abuse-59639 On February 21 to 24, at the invitation of Pope Francis, the presidents of the world’s bishops’ conferences gathered at the Vatican to discuss the current crisis of the faith and of the Church; a crisis experienced throughout the world after shocking revelations of clerical abuse perpetrated against minors.
https://cruxnow.com/february-abuse-summit/2019/02/21/opening-summit-pope-urges-concrete-efficient-measures-on-abuse/ http://m.ncregister.com/blog/edward-pentin/pope-francis-concluding-address-to-participants-of-vatican-summit-on-child ‘The time has come to work together to eradicate this evil from the body of our humanity by adopting every necessary measure already in force on the international level and ecclesial levels.”
http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2019/02/16/0133/00272.html On 11 January 2019, the Congresso of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, at the conclusion of a penal process, issued a decree finding Theodore Edgar McCarrick, archbishop emeritus of Washington, D.C., guilty of the following delicts while a cleric: solicitation in the Sacrament of Confession, and sins against the Sixth Commandment…
https://international.la-croix.com/news/archbishop-charles-scicluna-the-popes-incorruptible-collaborator/9273 Adjunct secretary for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta is helping lead Pope Francis’ efforts in battling sexual abuse in the Church. This is the second in a series of five articles on key personalities involved in the upcoming summit on sexual abuse.
