http://frregisscanlon.com/index.php/2018/07/30/we-finally-know-the-problem-and-solution-to-clergy-sexual-abuse-new-publication/ There are those who will say that this regulation is too strict and unfair to homosexual and heterosexual young men who want to study for the priesthood. But, if I am going to err, I would rather err by protecting young men and women from weak clergy, rather than risking their spiritual and psychological…
http://www.archokc.org/office-of-the-archbishop/documents/1842-archbishop-coakley-letter-to-the-faithful-july-2018/file
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…
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…
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:…
