A Problem of Clericalism

French bishops request criminal probe investigating late Emmaus founder Abbé Pierre over abuse allegations as total number of accusers reaches 33. https://t.co/FqhIRuEbZX

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) January 18, 2025

A "Transfer" Is Not Enough

Various media reported that Father Marko Rupnik, accused of having sexually abused numerous nuns, could leave Rome and be assigned to a residence for priests in Milan, Italy. https://t.co/gl1BVOtfuZ

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) April 17, 2023

Dismal News for Roman Catholics in France

In total, 11 bishops or former bishops are currently targeted by abuse investigations, Bishop Moulins-Beaufort, head of the French bishops' conference, told a news conference on Monday. These are the latest revelations to hit the Roman Catholic Church.https://t.co/pmBN2N0y9J

— John Stone (@Johnthemadmonk) November 7, 2022

At Least It Was...

Yet, according to several reports coming from Spain this week, the former bishop of Solsona, Xavier Novell, 52, “freely” resigned to the episcopacy for a woman, who works as a psychologist and author of erotic novels.https://t.co/dw3T9FSeNV

— Crux (@Crux) September 7, 2021

The Appearance of Progress or the Reality?

In preparation of the conference in Warsaw.#SafeguardingWatch @TutelaMinorum @EpiskopatNews https://t.co/OthTHMD6sU

— Hans Zollner SJ (@hans_zollner) September 7, 2021

Latin Marketing Gimmick

Come to Eucharistic Congress to 🇭🇺 Budapest! Register here! @iec2021Budapest @PilgrimBudapest https://t.co/vEM1ZH3o6r

— Eduard Habsburg (@EduardHabsburg) August 5, 2021

Meanwhile...

A Sicilian priest who has been serving in the Archdiocese of Perguia for nearly 10 years has been arrested on charges of child pornography and child prostitution after allegedly paying for explicit images and videos of minors sent via online chats.https://t.co/7D7D4J7i6o

— Crux (@Crux) August 5, 2021

Losing the Good Portion

Today's featured book is Losing the Good Portion by Leon Podles, an in depth exploration of why men are alienated from contemporary Christianity--one of the best, and only, books exploring this crucial problem, which is aptly summarized in this cliphttps://t.co/lfDpamJ37p pic.twitter.com/zvXue4fusD

— Rogue Scholar Books (@RogueScholarPr) May 22, 2021

Trigger Warning

"According to Richard Sipe - a Vatican II liberal - gay men shouldn’t be ordained to protect them from this system that would exploit, abuse, and instrumentalize them." https://t.co/sfRvTrnUJJ

— The American Conservative (@amconmag) December 4, 2020

Crisis: Clergy Abuse in the Catholic Church

I’m in this episode of Crisis, from ⁦@CatholicProj⁩.

I talked about the revelations about Jean Vanier’s abusive behavior. https://t.co/AbVZGedOvX

— JD Flynn (@jdflynn) November 26, 2020

A Discussion of the USCCB and Vos Estis

This week on @CNAeditorsdesk, @canonlawyered and I talked about...the USCCB, whether Vos estis investigations should be private, and then about Cardinal Becciu's lawsuit.

Plus Ed wears a flannel shirt.https://t.co/PqUvZGB3Mx

— JD Flynn (@jdflynn) November 21, 2020

Dr. Fitzgibbons Responds to the McCarrick Report

CWR: The McCarrick Report and the need for new protocols (Part 1) by Richard Fitzgibbons, M.D. I told the Congregation of Bishops about Theodore McCarrick’s disturbing behaviors and some of my account appears in The McCarrick Report. But there is more to be said.

Bishops, even bishops of Rome, will one day have to render an account to their Lord.

Lord have mercy.

Gabriel Byrne: 'There’s a shame about men speaking out. A sense that if you were abused, it was your fault' https://t.co/2Ftc9XQjT3

— The Guardian (@guardian) November 8, 2020

How do you rebuild trust? By not repeating the mistakes from the past and learning from it. That is what ecclesial reform would require, but at this pace, the patriarchate of Rome may have to suffer a severe pruning first.

To this distrust of the Church, in the US add a distrust for nearly all other major institutions, particularly among younger people.

How do you rebuild trust in institutions? https://t.co/K5O0VHKCbd pic.twitter.com/gdK4MO2yYZ

— Bill McCormick, SJ (@BMcCSJ) November 10, 2020

"Can Hardly Wait"

Helpful analysis on the "McCarrick Report" from @JohnLAllenJr, the Media Fellow at our Word on Fire Institute. I'm planning to address the report myself after carefully working through it. https://t.co/MN5MMCmOq9

— Bishop Robert Barron (@BishopBarron) November 10, 2020

McCarrick was an ideal prelate, insofar as the Church is conceived in its current American configuration as a large non-profit imitating the structures of contemporary, liberal society.

Latest:https://t.co/nZRF4KJABl

— Marc John Paul Louis de Montfort Barnes! (@BadCatholicBlog) November 10, 2020

After the JP2 Roman Catholics Pass

how much of a cult to JP2 remain?

"The rumors turned out to be true; the pope was deceived; and McCarrick achieved his sordid ambition . . . through the mechanism of the Big Lie. That does not amount to any sort of smoking gun, and it certainly does not call into question the integrity of a canonized saint."

— Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP (@FrAquinasOP) November 11, 2020

America's Take on Things

The Vatican’s McCarrick report comes out Tuesday. Here’s what we can expect. https://t.co/QMfscDikFN

— America Magazine (@americamag) November 9, 2020

Who Wants to Bet on the Contents?

Vatican to release report on how disgraced, former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick rose through the ranks. NCR claims the report will come next week. How detailed it will be, and who is implicated, remains to be seen. https://t.co/vnU5xO7V0p

— Raymond Arroyo (@RaymondArroyo) November 5, 2020

When Will the McCarrick Report Be Released?

https://t.co/zlyeEcDwnN

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) September 9, 2020

SSPX Scandal Enters Mainstream Latin Mass Media

The SSPX is under investigation in the state of Kansas for alleged sex abuse, along with the four Catholic dioceses.https://t.co/6VwrXJcN0w

— Catholic World Report (@cworldreport) August 7, 2020

Psychology Is Not Assumption-Free

What results will this "research" lead to?

We are very excited to begin this research on clericalism and #clergysexabuse. We're working with psychologists to break down the components of clericalism (including problematic constructions of gender and power) and assess their prevalence in current and future ministers. https://t.co/zQjQJghvk3

— Julie Hanlon Rubio (@JulieHRubio) July 17, 2020

A Real Help?

The Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith explains how a new Vademecum will help Church leaders pursue the path of truth and justice in cases of abuse of minors.https://t.co/apLBeLzjsu

— Vatican News (@VaticanNews) July 16, 2020

A new Vatican handbook is meant to present clear and precise directions, procedures as well as attitudes church leaders should have toward alleged sex abuse victims, the accused, civil authorities and the media.https://t.co/ILIqls0BxF pic.twitter.com/ev93iGG2GA

— Catholic News Service (@CatholicNewsSvc) July 16, 2020