Jeanie Hannaman

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger - 7. The Church, obedient to the Lord who founded her and gave to her the sacramental life, celebrates the divine plan of the loving and live-giving union of men and women in the sacrament of marriage. It is only in the marital relationship that the use of the sexual faculty can be morally good. A person engaging in homosexual behaviour therefore acts immorally... To chose someone of the same sex for one’s sexual activity is to annul the rich symbolism and meaning, not to mention the goals, of the Creator’s sexual design. Homosexual activity is not a complementary union, able to transmit life...

Catholic Answers - Is there sexual abuse among Protestant clergy? A 2018 study by three criminologists revealed that hundreds of claims of sexual abuse are made every year against pastors and other Protestant church leaders (despite the fact that most Protestant pastors are married). According to the study’s authors: Three faith-based insurance companies that provide coverage for 165,500 churches—mostly Protestant Christian churches and 5500 other religious-oriented organizations—reported 7,095 claims of alleged sexual abuse….

Catholic News Agency - The U.S. bishops' conference and the Holy See face a class action lawsuit filed by six men who claim they were sexually abused by Catholic clergy during their childhoods. They are seeking financial damages as well as public contrition and reparation from the Church… The 80-page suit filed Nov. 13 claims that the Vatican and the bishops knew about - and covered up for - the “endemic, systemic, rampant, and pervasive rape and sexual abuse” of the plaintiffs and others at the hands of active members of the clergy, religious orders, and other Church representatives.

By Marjorie Murphy Campbell, The Christian Review - While most of those bishops who spoke appeared genuinely concerned about McCarrick’s victims and the outrage of the laity, the truth was not a priority of the body. The body functioned to avoid even an appearance of disagreement with Rome… This was, rather, a highly manipulated body whose focus was repeatedly called to a subservient deference to the Holy Father regardless the delays, silence, and intentions of Rome and regardless the impact on sexual abuse victims and disillusioned laity.