No increase in number of families pledging. Total pledged increased $1,200.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Finally, a brave bishop breaks ranks
His motives may be mixed, his actions tardy, but even if it is only a gesture it is a remarkably powerful and significant one. He has set a stunning example of what accountability might look like.
‘‘My predecessor, retired Cardinal Roger Mahony, has expressed his sorrow for his failure to fully protect young people entrusted to his care. Effective immediately, I have informed Cardinal Mahony that he will no longer have any administrative or public duties.’’ In a striking and unprecedented humiliation of the cardinal, Archbishop Gomez also had Mahony’s former right-hand man in handling abuse allegations, Thomas Curry, resign as regional bishop of Santa Barbara.
For the first time, one bishop held another – a cardinal, indeed – accountable over abuse and acted against him
Monday, February 4, 2013
Michael D'Antonio: Cardinal Dolan and the Dead Lose One to the Living
When he was Archbishop of Milwaukee, Timothy Dolan chose the dead people, placing $55 million into cemetery trust funds and out of the reach of local abuse victims suing the Church
Bankruptcy Judge Susan V. Kelley discussed her decision in court on Friday, explaining that neither First Amendment protections for religion nor federal law protect the archdiocese from her authority. She sided with creditors in the bankruptcy proceedings, who said the main purpose of the 2008 transfer was to place it out of their reach. In fact the archdiocese had managed the task of mowing the grass and otherwise maintaining cemeteries for generations without a $55 million trust generating income for that purpose.
Pope's former butler given hospital job :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)
By David Uebbing
Paolo Gabriele, the Pope's former butler who was released from prison just before Christmas, has a new job working for an extension of the Vatican hospital Bambino Gesu.
According to the German Catholic agency KNA, Gabriele has been offered a job doing clerical work for a new branch of the hospital near the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls. He will also receive assistance with housing, since his wife and three children must move out of their current Vatican apartment.
Using poor language in the liturgy - Eureka Street
Even in Australia the “new mass translation is being criticized.
Andrew Hamilton January 16, 2013
The most pressing issue for the Church over the last year has been sexual abuse. Given the Royal Commission and other enquiries, it will surely also dominate this year's news. So it is understandable that there has been no space to celebrate such anniversaries as that of the introduction of the New Mass Translation. But this bears reflection because language is the underlying canvas on which life and conduct in any community are painted.
One year on it is clear that the more dramatic hopes and fears about the new translation were not realised. There were no reports of widespread rebellion in the pews, of continuing cacophony as different versions of responses mingled, of mass defection.
But nor has the introduction of the new translation been accompanied by the great spiritual renewal
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Sunday, February 3, 2013
Ex-Teacher and a Priest Are Convicted in Abuse Case
Another case of the Philadelphia Archdiocese cover-up
By JON HURDLE Published: January 30, 2013
jury in Common Pleas Court here found the teacher, Bernard Shero, guilty of five charges, including rape and involuntary deviant sexual intercourse, after hearing testimony that he had assaulted the boy in the back of his car.
After deliberating for about 19 hours over four days, the jury also convicted the Rev. Charles Engelhardt on four counts, including indecent assault and endangering the welfare of a child
Read the entire NY Times story by clicking on the following: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/us/philadelphia-priest-and-ex-teacher-guilty-in-abuse-case.html?smid=pl-share&_r=0
Might there be civil suits against the hierarchy, to follow? See the following article: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20130203_Ex-altar_boy_s_case_may_revive_suit_against_archdiocese.html
Here is an excerpt of Mr.Slobodzian’s Inquirer article
Joseph A. Slobodzian, Inquirer Staff Writer
Posted: Sunday, February 3, 2013, 4:58 AM
The lawsuit by the former St. Jerome's altar boy dubbed "Billy Doe" was filed in July 2011 in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court. It has been dormant while charges against Engelhardt and Shero were unresolved.
Lawyers for the now-24-year-old Billy say they are preparing to reactivate the case and expand the number of church officials being sued.
"This is just the tip of the iceberg," lawyer Paul Lauricella told reporters after Wednesday's verdict.
Among the first candidates to be added as defendants: Bishops Edward P. Cullen and Joseph R. Cistone.
Lauricella said both were part of what he called "the most troubling aspect of this whole case. They placed the welfare of the church above the welfare of children - victimized children."
Lauricella's law partner is Slade McLaughlin, who represents one victim of former Pennsylvania State University football coach Jerry Sandusky.
Cullen, 79, is the retired bishop of Allentown and Cistone, 63, is the current bishop of Saginaw, Mich
Friday, February 1, 2013
Cardinal Mahony responds to Archbishop Gomez’s actions
Cardinal Mahony says he wasn't 'equipped' to handle priest abuse
The following is taken from : http://documents.latimes.com/cardinal-mahony-letter-archbishop-gomez/
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