How can the Catholic Church convince people that it takes sexual abuse seriously? It certainly can’t count on the Catholic media to expose what needs to be exposed.
McCarrick, who was expelled from the College of Cardinals in 2018, was laicized in 2019. He was the most senior cleric in history to be laicized for sexual misconduct.
The Vatican is investigating other cases of abuse, 'more serious' but 'less publicized' than that of Fr. Rupnik, said Cardinal Fernández this week. Rupnik's case was re-opened by the Pope in October 2023.
Rachel Mastrogiacomo said Pope Francis ‘spat right in my face’ by promoting Cardinal Robert McElroy to the Archdiocese of Washington three months after she sent him a letter detailing McElroy’s protection of a now-laicized ex-priest who subjected her to satanic abuse.
It is hard to interpret what is happening in the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, as anything other than diabolical. Depriving a soul that has been as traumatized as mine of the Traditional Latin Mass would be nothing less than an act of spiritual suffocation.
'I fear time is running out, and that we are fast approaching a time when the cord of Mercy may be withdrawn from Heaven, and in its place, the rope of Justice shall swiftly descend,' writes Bishop Strickland.
Urging the removal of all displayed artwork by alleged serial abuser Fr. Rupnik, Bishop Strickland wrote, 'There should be no delay, no debate, no consideration, no compromise.'