Last year, Fr. Marco Mercado was stopped from working in the Chicago
archdiocese because of "an inappropriate adult relationship." These are
the words used by Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich. Note he didn't say
"ALLEGED relationship." Nor did he say "one time incident." http://www.archchicago.org/
This was, we strongly suspect, a repeated series of selfish, hurtful violations of a vulnerable young person, one who was likely taught since birth to revere and trust priests. And every sexual contact between a Catholic cleric and a Catholic parishioner is, by definition, improper and unhealthy, in part because of the huge power differential between the two.
http://www.snapnetwork.org/tx_archbishop_lets_suspended_priest_work_again
This was, we strongly suspect, a repeated series of selfish, hurtful violations of a vulnerable young person, one who was likely taught since birth to revere and trust priests. And every sexual contact between a Catholic cleric and a Catholic parishioner is, by definition, improper and unhealthy, in part because of the huge power differential between the two.
http://www.snapnetwork.org/tx_archbishop_lets_suspended_priest_work_again