July 30, 2018 – Archbishop Coakley – Letter To The Faithful
http://www.archokc.org/office-of-the-archbishop/documents/1842-archbishop-coakley-letter-to-the-faithful-july-2018/file
July 30, 2018 – Trust And Mistrust In Churches
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/trust-and-mistrust-sex-abuse/?mc_cid=896e6c2779&mc_eid=c66ff4a0fd It is, for example, completely outrageous that 16 years after Boston, the Catholic Church in this country is faced with the McCarrick scandal and its implications. McCarrick’s predations were not exactly a secret among Catholic insiders. A group of American Catholics even flew to the Vatican on their own dime to warn Rome about…
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…
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:…
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.