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Clearing the Air Regarding St. John Paul II and Theodore McCarrick
COMMMENTARY: If carefully read, the McCarrick Report helps to explain what John Paul did know about the allegations against McCarrick, what he did with that knowledge, and why he may have done it.
After McCarrick Report, Here’s How to Extend Safe Environment to Adults
New resources to extend Safe Environment protections to all adults could help stop future McCarricks and break the global clergy abuse crisis.
Polish Archbishop Responds to ‘Unprecedented Attacks’ on St. John Paul II After McCarrick Report
In a Dec. 7 statement, Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, president of the Polish bishops’ conference, defended John Paul II’s legacy
McCarrick Report’s Silence on Key Issues Raises More Questions Than It Answers
Some see the report on the ex-cardinal as a product of the same type of institutional failure it sought to investigate.
Former Seminary Investigator: McCarrick Was ‘Epicenter’ of Problems
Father John Lavers, who led a 2012 investigation into allegations of homosexual activity among seminarians at Holy Apostles Seminary, assesses the findings of the McCarrick Report
The McCarrick Report: A Timeline
Published by the Vatican Nov. 10, the report examines the “institutional knowledge and decision-making” regarding Theodore McCarrick, the former cardinal found guilty of sexual abuse of minors and seminarians in 2019.
Will New Bishop Accountability Reforms Stop the Next McCarrick?
The McCarrick Report exposes the Church’s failure to effectively respond to allegations of sexual misconduct against the powerful prelate, but does it also show that new bishop accountability reforms are on the ‘right track’?
McCarrick’s Brazen Behavior: Vatican’s Report Underscores How He Hid His Abuses in Plain Sight
COMMENTARY: McCarrick never attempted to slink around in the shadows, lest he appear to have something to hide. He was more devilishly clever than that.
The McCarrick Report Tests the Catholic Church’s Accountability
COMMENTARY: The ideal remedy for trust abused is trust restored. But if trust has been abused for too long and too grievously, the more likely remedy is trust abolished.
