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July 30, 2018 – An Invitation to the Laity

https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2018/07/an-invitation-to-the-laity My Fellow Catholics, On July 28, I sent the letter below to my bishop, the Most Reverend Robert E. Guglielmone of the Diocese of Charleston. In it, I explain that I will no longer contribute to diocesan appeals for financial contributions until I am convinced by his public actions and witness that he is…

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July 30, 2018 – Revisited: “Comforting Words” August 12, 2002

https://www.catholicculture.org/news/features/index.cfm?recnum=21242 THE RITE OF DEGRADATION If the degradandus be an archbishop, the degrading prelate removes his pallium, saying: We deprive thee of the rights and privileges of the episcopal dignity, symbolized in this pallium, since thou hast abused them. Then, even if the degradandus be a mere bishop, the degrading prelate removes his mitre, saying:…

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July 29, 2018 – BISHOP SCHARFENBERGER’S LETTER TO CLERGY STATING LATEST ABUSE REVELATIONS SHOW THE SITUATION IS “MUCH MORE THAN A CRISIS OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES…IT IS A PROFOUNDLY SPIRITUAL CRISIS”

https://www.rcda.org/news-events/media-center/news-releases/bishop-scharfenbergers-letter-clergy-stating-latest-abuse-revelations-show-situation-much-more-crisis-policies-and-proceduresit Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger sent the following letter to members of the clergy (vicars, priests, deacons, seminarians) on Friday afternoon. It was also copied to Parish Life Directors and Department Heads at the diocesan Pastoral Center.

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July 28, 2018 – PA Catholic Nuclear Bomb

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/pennsylvania-catholic-nuclear-bomb-grand-jury/ Breaking news out of Pennsylvania: the state Supreme Court has ordered the release next month of a 900-page grand jury report that will discuss more than 300 “predator priests” in six of the state’s eight Catholic dioceses. According to PennLive.com: The findings, which exceed 800 pages, are widely expected to expose decades-old abuse of…