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August 2, 2018 – Statement from Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., on rescinding Cardinal McCarrick’s honorary degree

https://news.nd.edu/news/statement-from-rev-john-i-jenkins-c-s-c-on-rescinding-cardinal-mccarricks-honorary-degree/ The only honorary degree that the University of Notre Dame has rescinded was that of Bill Cosby, and this action was taken only after judicial proceedings in criminal court concluded with a guilty verdict. Recently, serious allegations of sexual abuse by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, a 2008 honorary degree recipient, were found ‘credible and substantiated’ by a…

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August 2, 2018 – The Problem With The Bishop Scandals

https://catholicpsych.com/the-problem-with-the-bishop-scandals/ The US Conference of Bishops FINALLY admitted what the deepest problem is- “Our Church (read- Bishops) is suffering from a crisis of sexual morality.” Why do I say they are referring to themselves? Because this is the official statement released after McCarrick’s scandal broke. This isn’t the parish council’s crisis, or the church janitor’s…

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August 1, 2018 – Msgr. Kalin & #MeToo Conservatives

https://onepeterfive.com/msgr-kalin-metoo-conservatives/ Unlike those who are still priests, I am finally free to share the truth about my experience without fear of reprisal from the ecclesiastical authorities who used to control my life. My story is only one small and relatively insignificant domino in the abusive system McCarrick and Kalin exploited and profited from. But surely…

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August 1, 2018 – “Catherine Commissions”– The Immediate Role of the Laity Following Disclosures of Abuse and Predation by Formerly-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick

http://www.thechristianreview.com/catherine-commissions-the-immediate-role-of-the-laity-following-disclosures-of-abuse-and-predation-by-formerly-cardinal-theodore-mccarrick/ Steps to Initiate Contact with your Bishop Catherine Commission on Formerly-Cardinal McCarrick’s Malfeasance Contact information for your bishop is easily found online. Search the name of your diocese, and you will find your bishop’s full name and, often, both an email address and a telephone number. Identify a couple of other lay people who…