Three of the pope’s closest advisers have been removed from their positions, including two who have been entangled in allegations of sexual abuse or abuse cover up. Arguably the most influential group of prelates during the pontificate of Pope Francis …
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Archbishop Viganò Breaks Silence About Family Legal Battle
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has finally spoken in his own defense about a decade-long legal battle with his brother, Father Lorenzo Viganò, over the sizable family estate left to the two brothers by their parents. The statement from Viganò comes after a …
U.S. Justice Department Opens Investigation into Pennsylvania Clerical Abuse
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, October 17, 2018 (1P5) – The Associated Press (AP) is reporting that the U.S. Justice Department has initiated an investigation into the sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. U.S. attorney William McSwain issued and served subpoenas throughout …
Cardinal Wuerl’s Resignation Finally Accepted
News out of Rome this morning indicates that Cardinal Donald Wuerl’s resignation, submitted two years ago as required at the age of 75, has finally been accepted by the pope. Wuerl, the archbishop of the Washington, D.C. archdiocese and direct …
Search Warrant Executed on Detroit Chancery & Sacred Heart Seminary
OnePeterFive has received word that the Michigan Attorney General executed search warrants at the Archdiocese of Detroit Chancery and Sacred Heart Major Seminary this morning. The search appears to be related to the investigation into the Church’s handling of clerical …
Chicago Priest Who Burned Gay Flag Flees after Archdiocese Threatened With Forcible Removal
Just hours ago, new Chicago auxiliary bishop Mark Bartosic arrived unannounced at Resurrection Parish on Chicago’s Northwest Side and told pastor Paul Kalchik that he had just minutes to get his belongings together and vacate the premises, or the police …
Cardinal DiNardo Accused of Neglect in Abuse Case While in Rome to Meet with Pope on Abuse Crisis
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has been accused by two alleged victims of clerical abuse of failing to remove their priest abuser from ministry. The alleged perpetrator, …
German Bishops Report Indicates Thousands of Cases of Clerical Abuse
A report commissioned by the German Bishops’ Conference, known as the “MHG Study,” has been obtained by media outlets Spiegel Online and Die Ziet, and the findings are staggering: between 1946 and 2014, there were a reported 3,677 cases of …
Bishops Offer Support for Viganò – Six Prelates Voice Their Concern
In the wake of explosive accusations (PDF link) from former apostolic nuncio to the United States Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò about the complicity of high-ranking churchmen – including Pope Francis – in covering up abuse from Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, a number of …
Harrisburg Diocese Releases Names of Over 70 Priests Accused of Abuse
The Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has just released the names of over 70 members of its clergy who have been accused of sexual abuse in cases spanning back to the 1940s. At a news conference this morning, Bishop Ronald Gainer of …