Catholic Church

By Anthony Esolen, The Catholic Thing - Let us hear no more about pronouns from you priests, prelates, and Catholic writers who perpetrated outrages upon the souls and bodies of young priests and seminarians, and you who covered for them, for reasons best known and kept to yourselves, but for no reason sufficient to excuse you, and to prevent you from doing the honorable thing. If you have a position of authority, and you did nothing, you should resign. You may be replaced. You are not indispensable. Enough already....

By Fr. Mark Goring, Companions of the Cross, Catholic Charismatic Center, Director

By Lisa Bourne, LifeSiteNews - “These recent reports have led me to reflect on the ways we have handled the moral failings of our priests,” Conley said. “I am working to rectify my failures to ensure that we consult appropriately and act with transparency in any matter involving a boundary violation.”... Conley celebrated each of the Masses at the parish where Townsend has been pastor this past weekend, conveying the message in his statement. A new pastor will be appointed later in the week, and Conley was to conduct a congregation-wide meeting at the parish Monday evening.

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - This week I have seen three separate proposals for the creation of a commission that would investigate the American bishops’ responses to the sex-abuse scandal. Unfortunately all three have serious flaws.... Cardinal Donald Wuerl has suggested that the US bishops’ conference could set up a special commission for the task. It is, frankly, difficult to take this suggestion seriously. The problem is that the US bishops’ conference has lost all credibility on this issue...