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Theodore McCarrick case in Wisconsin hangs in the balance after new competency exam

December 6, 2023

Just months after former cardinal Theodore McCarrick was ruled not competent to stand trial on criminal sexual abuse charges in Massachusetts, similar charges against him in Wisconsin now hang in the balance after a competency exam ordered by the court was filed in November. McCarrick

McCarrick: ‘I Have Trouble With Words’

August 31, 2023

Theodore McCarrick’s eloquence vaulted him to the upper echelons of the Catholic Church, and he stayed there, in part, by using that gift to artfully fend off whispers of sexual misconduct that threatened to knock him off his lofty perch. Now, it’s his loss for

State health examiner agrees that McCarrick is unfit to stand trial

June 29, 2023

Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick is not competent to stand trial on criminal sexual abuse charges in Massachusetts, a mental health expert hired by the state said after examining the disgraced ex-prelate. The update in the case could lead to the dismissal of the first criminal

L’Arche Leaders Rethink Their Community Model in the Wake of the Vanier Report

June 12, 2023

It is time for the leaders of L’Arche to look ahead and make decisions: They are currently working to rebuild a sustainable future for their federation five months after a 900-page report shed light on the extent of psychological and sexual abuse committed by their founder Jean

Illinois AG report says nearly 2,000 were victims of clergy sex abuse over 70-year span

May 23, 2023

A report published by the Illinois attorney general’s office alleges that 451 Catholic clerics and religious brothers sexually abused 1,997 victims within the state’s Catholic dioceses over a 70-year period. The report, published May 23, unveils a comprehensive list of “substantiated child sex abuse” allegations, which

Alleged victim of Theodore McCarrick says ex-cardinal abused him for years

April 19, 2023

The criminal complaint filed in Wisconsin this week against former cardinal Theodore McCarrick was revealed to have come from James Grein, who has previously accused the laicized clergyman of serially abusing him over many years in several U.S. states. Grein filed the only previous criminal

Maryland attorney general report on abuse claims to identify more than 600 victims

April 5, 2023

Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore apologized to abuse survivors on Wednesday following the release of a Maryland attorney general’s report chronicling hundreds of alleged abuses committed by clergy in the archdiocese, dating back to the 1940s. “To all survivors, I offer my most earnest apology

The goals and lies of the Polish Left’s smear campaign against John Paul II

March 28, 2023

“A half-truth is worse than a lie and a half.” This Yiddish proverb perfectly describes the dishonest claims that the future Pope St. John Paul II covered up sexual abuse as Archbishop of Krakow (1962-1978), recently made by Dutch journalist Ekke Overbeek and the American-owned

Prosecutors drop case of alleged ‘cover up’ against Benedict XVI

March 22, 2023

A potential legal case against Pope Benedict XVI over his handling of abuse during his time as archbishop of Munich has been dropped. The public prosecutor’s office in Munich said on Tuesday it had “discontinued its investigations” against Cardinals Joseph Ratzinger and Friedrich Wetter, reported CNA Deutsch,

Michigan priest sentenced to prison for sexual abuse of second-grader

March 2, 2023

A priest of the Archdiocese of Detroit has been sentenced for the rape of an elementary student at the Catholic school attached to the parish he served as pastor in the mid-2000s. “We trust the judgment of the court. We pray for everybody involved,” Ned