Interesting article from Catholic.net but the more interesting question: “What does it mean when a catholic organization files for bankruptcy? They are out of business one would presume, but do they close? Are priests and nuns send back to Rome or how does this actually work? Interesting also the link…
National Catholic Reporter – by John Allen on Feb. 28, 2011 ROME — Perhaps the most telling index of the severity of the various PR and managerial catastrophes which have beset the papacy of Benedict XVI is that there’s now a budding literary genre attempting to explain them. It’s also…
Irish Times – PATSY McGARRY, Religious Affairs Correspondent TWO GERMAN lawyers have initiated charges against Pope Benedict XVI at the International Criminal Court, alleging crimes against humanity. Christian Sailer and Gert-Joachim Hetzel, based at Marktheidenfeld in the Pope’s home state of Bavaria, last week submitted a 16,500-word document to the…
Survivors can now see that the tide is turning and many rank and file Catholics now comprehend the depth and the scope of what the Philadelphia Archdiocese has done. By Marci A. Hamilton, February 25, 2011 Unless you’ve been living under a rock (and I hope you are not), you…
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (CNN) – Three Philadelphia priests and a parochial school teacher were charged Thursday with raping and assaulting boys in their care, while a former official with the Philadelphia Archdiocese was accused of allowing the abusive priests to have access to children, the city’s district attorney’s office said. CNN…
The financial fallout from the clergy sexual abuse scandal continues to mount as the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee is announcing today that it will file for bankruptcy under Chapter 11, the eighth diocese in the United States to seek such protection. The move comes after settlement talks with victims…
