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Category Archives: Clerical Sexual Abuse
A priest is diagnosed with a brain tumor. See how he reacted.
Fr John Hollowell has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. Here is his response to the news. Fr. Z super kudos to Fr. Hollowell.
How credible is “credible” in allegations against priests?
The accusations – based on a repressed memory of something 40 years ago – about Fr. Eduard Perrone in the Archdiocese of Detroit continue to raise questions. Dark questions. Something is not right about this. Michael Voris is digging in. … Read More
Posted in Canon Law, Clerical Sexual Abuse, Priests and Priesthood, The Drill
Tagged can. 1717, Church Militant
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8 Comments
@Church_Militant on the public lynching of Fr. Eduard Perrone
Full disclosure. Fr. Eduard Perrone has been a friend for many years. I don’t believe a word of the allegations. BTW… Perrone famously blew the whistle on the disgusting goings-on at St. John’s Seminary. Furthermore, last year at the Canon … Read More
Posted in Clerical Sexual Abuse, The Coming Storm, The Drill
Tagged Archd. Detroit, Fr. Perrone, Michael Voris
17 Comments
17 Comments
Editorial: Church leaders, to be “transparent”, are still abusers. Of priests.
What an easy way the forces of Hell have found to bring down good priests and bishops. First, through agents and for decades undermine the Church’s identity through dreadful preaching and worse liturgy. Then, as society swirls on its parallel … Read More
More thoughts on Benedict XVI’s 6000K word essay on The Present Crisis
I wrote a rapid reaction to Benedict XVI’s piece HERE. Here are some fuller, additional thoughts. Ratzinger/Benedict writes from a unique perspective of age and the experience of key positions in the Church from post-WWII directly through to the present. … Read More
CRISIS: Keen analysis of the implosion of the German Church
At Crisis you will find a devastating article by a friend of mine, Msgr. Hans Feichtinger. He look at recent statistics of abuse in the caput malorum omnium, the German Church and what German bishops are proposing to do. HERE … Read More
“an open attempt to normalize homosexuality among clergy”
At The Catholic Thing there is an interesting piece about Stephen P. White. The writer looks at three pieces which concern The Present Crisis in the Church, and draws an interesting conclusion. […] These three pieces represent a shift away … Read More
@RobertSRoyal on the Vatican Sexual Abuse Summit #PBC2019
Robert Royal of The Catholic Thing went to Rome for the Vatican “summit” on abuse. He has an excellent summary piece today, which I warmly recommend. Three things in particular stood out for me in his piece. First, try this … Read More
Posted in Clerical Sexual Abuse
Tagged clerical sexual abuse, Robert Royal, The Present Crisis
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19 Comments
Archbishop Viganò to participants in the Rome “summit” #PBC2019
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò sent an open message to Francis and participants in the “summit”, mainly presidents of bishops conferences from around the world, meeting in Rome in order to avoid talking about the problem of homosexuality as the basis of … Read More
Posted in Clerical Sexual Abuse, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Archbp. Viganò
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