German bishop: ‘Synodal path’ revisiting celibacy, sexual morality is ‘path of destruction’

Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer – the successor of Cardinal Gerhard Müller in Regensburg – has once more raised his voice in opposition to the decision of a majority of German bishops to start a “synodal” discussion about the Church's sexual morality and priestly celibacy.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/german-bishop-synodal-path-revisiting-celibacy-sexual-morality-is-path-of-destruction 

Beth McCabe shares her church abuse story

For people like Beth McCabe, the wounds may be too deep to heal in a garden. McCabe has harsh words when it comes to how the Catholic Church responded to abuse. She says she was just 11 when she claims a church on Long Island failed to protect

https://www.wtnh.com/news/web-extra-beth-mccabe-shares-her-church-abuse-story_20190516231506/2007248611 

California bill forces priests to violate the seal of confession

SACRAMENTO, California, May 16, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — The California legislature is considering this week a bill that would require Catholic priests to disclose penitents’ confessions if they learn of child abuse. Democrat state Sen. Jerry Hill introduced the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (SB 360), which demands priests and other clergy file a report should they learn of child abuse in confession or counseling. Failure to disclose what they heard in the confessional, according to the bill, can mean six months in jail, a $1,000 fine, or both.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/california-bill-forces-priests-to-violate-the-seal-of-confession 

Dallas Police: Former Rockwall Priest Among Subjects of Interest

The Dallas Police Department executed a warrant Wednesday at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas to search for documentation and data as part of an investigation into child sex abuse allegations. The raid was part of an effort to secure information about priests suspected of having committed sexual abuse.

https://www.ketr.org/post/dallas-police-former-rockwall-priest-among-subjects-interest

Local Group Cautions Clergy Sex Abuse Victims to Not Rush Into Settlements With Church

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego created a new compensation fund for victims of clergy sexual abuse, and several victims are speaking out against it. On Tuesday, the Diocese of San Diego joined five other California dioceses with a compensation fund program for victims abused by clergy members. “Do you know what it’s like to be terrorized, tormented, abused and knowing that you can do nothing about it?” said one victim named Dede.

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Church-Sex-Abuse-Victims-Roman-Catholic-Diocese-Fund-Compensation-510044681.html 

Conroe police picked lock at Houston archdiocese to uncover priest child sex abuse records

Authorities used a lock pick to open a “bank vault” containing a trove of clergy files that the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston failed to hand over following a subpoena, according to court documents. The picking tool helped Conroe Police Department investigators access the documents last November during a raid at the church’s Houston headquarters, Detective Joe McGrew said while describing the church’s lack of cooperation with their criminal probe.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Conroe-police-picked-lock-at-Houston-archdiocese-13852411.php 

It took the Catholic Church nine decades to acknowledge the grievous wrongs inflicted on a Hunter woman as a child

IT took nine decades for the Catholic Church to apologise to Hunter woman Catherine Frances Muller, 97, who died on Wednesday surrounded by her family. She lived for long enough to reclaim some power from a church that committed grievous wrongs against her as a child, and to sit in Parliament House in October as Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologised to child sexual abuse survivors on behalf of the nation.

https://www.theherald.com.au/story/6129621/a-voice-for-the-voiceless-frances-muller-97-dies-after-apology-from-the-catholic-church/?cs=12 

Boy Scout sex abuse scandal’s stunning toll: Over 12,200 reported victims

For decades, the Boy Scouts of America has closely guarded a trove of documents that detail sexual abuse allegations against troop leaders and others. The most complete public accounting so far came in 2012, when the Los Angeles Times published internal Scout records about accusations against some 5,000 leaders and volunteers named in the organization’s blacklist, known as the “perversion files.”

https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-na-boy-scouts-child-sex-abuse-20190515-story.html 

Native American victims of sex abuse at Catholic boarding schools fight for justice

There is a feel to the old place that still haunts her. Even with construction crews working the earth and birds chirping noisily in the trees above, she can feel the silence. Behind the silence, sadness and horror. Louise Charbonneau Aamot rested her fist on the church windowsill as her eyes welled with tears. Its gray steeple cutting into the sky, the church towered over the grounds of the old St. Paul's Indian Mission boarding school..

https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2019/05/16/native-american-sex-abuse-victims-catholic-boarding-schools-south-dakota/1158590001/ 

No more silence on abuse

Sweeping new Church laws issued by Pope Francis to protect minors and hold bishops accountable reinforce the message that the days of covering up or ignoring abuse allegations are over, said the Vatican’s top abuse investigator. The new norms send “a very strong message that disclosure is the order of the day, and not silence,” when it comes to abuse of minors and abuses of power, said Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, adjunct secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

https://www.catholicregister.org/home/international/item/29506-no-more-silence-on-abuse 

Pope mandates reporting of sex abuse to church, not police

Pope Francis issued a groundbreaking new church law Thursday requiring all Catholic priests and nuns around the world to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-ups by their superiors to church authorities, in a new effort to hold the Catholic hierarchy accountable for failing to protect their flocks.

https://www.newsherald.com/news/20190512/pope-mandates-reporting-of-sex-abuse-to-church-not-police 

C21 Convenes Panel of ‘Lay Business Leaders’

A panel of three “lay business leaders” and Boston College alumni discussed problems plaguing the Catholic Church and their potential solutions at the Church in the 21st Century Center’s fourth “Revitalizing Our Church” panel on Monday night.

https://bcheights.com/2019/05/12/c12-lay-business-leaders/ 

If sex offenders are working with kids, parents have the right to know

Imagine signing your child up for weekend sports which is umpired by a convicted sexual predator. Imagine further that not only have the authorities permitted this man to supervise children, but they also insist that no one can know he is a sex offender because of the embarrassment that it might cause him.

https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/if-sex-offenders-are-working-with-kids-parents-have-the-right-to-know-20190511-p51met.html 

Pope Francis Stops Hiding From the Church’s Sexual-Abuse Epidemic

Before this week, the Roman Catholic Church had no global policy requiring priests and bishops to report and investigate allegations of sexual abuse. No formal measure held bishops accountable for misconduct and cover-ups, despite a number of high-profile, horrific cases of wrongdoing by the Church’s top leaders. With story after story exposing new abuses around the world, Catholics have grown cynical about the Vatican’s willingness to face the global sickness of sexual abuse, and many have abandoned the Church entirely.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/05/catholic-church-sex-abuse-pope-francis/589243/ 

Attention journalists: New papal decree still avoids laity in process of fighting sexual abuse

A new decree by Pope Francis that now requires priests and nuns to report cases of abuse by other clergy — including any cover-ups by superiors such as a local bishop — is long overdue. It’s so long overdue that one has to wonder why this wasn’t something put into practice by the church years ago.

https://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2019/5/10/attention-journalists-new-papal-decree-still-avoids-laity-in-process-of-fighting-sexual-abuse 

Gunmen attack Catholic church in Burkina Faso; 6 killed

uthorities say gunmen have attacked a Catholic church in Burkina Faso, killing a priest and five worshippers. The attack on Sunday took place in Dablo, about 200 kilometers (124 miles) from the capital, Ouagadougou. Urbain Kabore, a government spokesman for the West African country's Sahel region, said the gunmen also set fire to a health center and destroyed all places serving alcohol.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gunmen-attack-catholic-church-burkina-faso-6-killed-170032274.html 

2 steps forward and 1 step back won't cleanse Catholic Church

No. I say... one step forward and two steps back... the Catholic Church has to open her soul and heart.... then do as Jesus would have done... if He were on this earth today... gather His wounded children in His arms... and wash their pain and torment away... by doing this... Jesus, as He has already told the world... about any one harming any of His little ones... Jesus has never once put any child above the rest... as this world has done... all children are equal in Jesus eyes... I saw this so much as a child and I still see it done to children today... until the pope starts to follow in Jesus footsteps... and with Jesus bleeding children of yesterday in his heart and mind... will he get it right... disregard the nuns, priest and bishops... because Jesus has everyone of their names... He has the rope and stone for hurting His little ones... and worst still for all those who covered up the rape and abuse... everyone who harmed Jesus children... will never walk free when they pass this life... Ann.

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The essential problem that gave rise to decades of clergy sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church was that bishops, whose authority over their domains is all but absolute, were too often complicit in enabling pedophile priests, covering up their crimes, and looking the other way as countless young victims were raped, molested, harassed and left scarred for life. Now Pope Francis, grappling with successive waves of scandals and revelations, has decreed elaborate new policies and procedures designed to beat back a scourge that has partly defined his papacy.

https://www.postguam.com/forum/steps-forward-and-step-back-won-t-cleanse-catholic-church/article_483ba8e6-7465-11e9-a138-b77a22c134fc.html 

When the Catholic Church faces a scandal, this is who the Pope sends in

Pope Francis celebrates Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 21, 2019 His missions begin with a phone call from the pope. “Do me a favor,” Pope Francis tends to say, and then Archbishop Charles Scicluna steels himself, packs his bags and books a flight to another country where something terrible has happened.

https://www.nola.com/national_politics/2019/05/when-the-catholic-church-faces-a-scandal-this-is-who-the-pope-sends-in.html

Pope ordains 19 men to priesthood in St. Peter’s Basilica

Pope Francis ordained 19 men to the priesthood on Sunday in St. Peter’s Basilica. Most of them are Italians, but other seminarians are from Croatia, Peru, Haiti and Japan. Wearing white robes, the seminarians stood in three rows before the central altar after replying, “Here I am,” as their names were called one by one. Francis in a ritual asked if they were worthy to become priests.

https://cruxnow.com/ap/2019/05/12/pope-ordains-19-men-to-priesthood-in-st-peters-basilica/ 

Poland's Kaczynski vows crackdown on child sex abuse

Put the rapist in jail... kick the abusers out of the priesthood... it is as easy as that... for crying out loud we want some action now... we have had the talking... get rid of the nuns... bishops and priest who have abused and raped any child... teens and adults... we are sick and tied of hearing the same things... you are going to do something about the rape of children... well get your A into G and do the walking now...

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The leader of Poland's governing right-wing party vowed Sunday to crack down on child sex abuse as an in-depth documentary on paedophilia among Polish priests went viral in the Catholic country.

"Those to whom children have been entrusted will be especially severely punished (for sex abuse), and this applies to priests, of course, but also to all including... well-known celebrities," Law and Justice (PiS) party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski was quoted by Polish media as saying.

https://news.yahoo.com/polands-kaczynski-vows-crackdown-child-sex-abuse-213607294.html 

Speaking out, hopeful, and waiting for change

Esther Harber says she was raped by a priest in 2010. Nine years later, through grace and her own courage, Harber’s story, and her life, are moving forward in hope. Harber is not naive. She knows the story isn’t over yet. And for now, she’s waiting, and praying, for change. In 2010, Harber was working as a lay missionary in New York City, focused on serving women and children in need.

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/speaking-out-hopeful-and-waiting-for-change-90175 

Buffalo suspends priests after seminarians' complaint of lewd comments

Bishop Richard Malone of Buffalo, New York, has suspended three priests after seminarians complained about lewd comments allegedly made by the clergy at an April 11 party at Saints Peter and Paul Rectory in Hamburg, New York. In announcing the suspensions, the diocese issued a statement indicating that the suspended priests participated in "unsuitable, inappropriate and insensitive conversations."

https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/buffalo-suspends-priests-after-seminarians-complaint-lewd-comments 

California to review sex-abuse responses of all 12 dioceses

The California attorney general's office will review how all 12 Roman Catholic dioceses in the state handled allegations of child sexual abuse that have resulted in payouts of hundreds of millions of dollars to victims. Attorney General Xavier Becerra sent out letters to the dioceses on Thursday, Sacramento diocese spokesman Kevin Eckery told the Sacramento Bee .

https://thepublicsradio.org/article/california-to-review-sex-abuse-responses-of-all-12-dioceses 

Guam priests' child sexual abuses would have remained a dark secret were it not for 1 man

Back when no one dared to publicly accuse any Guam priest, much less the archbishop, of sexually abusing a child, former Agat resident John Toves did so in 2014. It was about 12 years after the Archdiocese of Boston's sex abuse scandal exposed widespread wrongdoing in the American Roman Catholic Church.

https://www.guampdn.com/story/news/local/2019/05/04/guam-catholic-church-priests-child-sexual-acuse-scandal/3649169002/ 

Anti-sexual abuse group demands Catholic church release names of accused Valley priests

You can have unlimited access to this work and help support the Times-Delta/Advance-Register in continuing its mission by becoming a subscriber. In doing so, you'll open your world to award-winning journalism and help support our democracy. Esther Hatfield Miller, a SNAP volunteer and survivor of clergy sexual abuse, calls for the Diocese of Fresno to release the names of clergy accused of sex abuse.

https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/2019/05/07/victims-group-release-names-all-accused-central-valley-priests/1134335001/ 

Clergy: An uncompromising film about the hypocrisy and corruption of the Catholic Church in Poland

Clergy, the new film from director Wojciech Smarzowski, reaffirms his place as one of Poland’s leading directors. His 2016 film Hatred (Wolyn), dealing with a traumatic event in Polish-Ukrainian history, stirred up controversy and attracted a wide audience in Poland. In fact, the criminal activities addressed in the film realistically reflect the deeply reactionary role of the Catholic Church in Poland.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/08/cler-m08.html 

Attorney criticizes Archdiocese of Boston for not listing some accused priests on website

A lawyer who is well-known for representing victims of clergy sex abuse is criticizing the Archdiocese of Boston for not listing on its website the names of several priests who have faced accusations. But the archdiocese said it immediately reported all allegations to authorities when it received them.

https://turnto10.com/news/local/renowned-attorney-criticizes-boston-diocese-for-not-listing-some-accused-priests 

These 311 N.J. priests, nuns and clergy are accused of sexual misconduct, law firm says. See the full list.

More than 300 New Jersey priests, nuns, monks and other clergy accused of sexual misconduct -- including many not included in the Catholic Church’s official list -- were named in a report released Monday by lawyers representing an alleged victim suing the state’s dioceses. The 311 names in the report come from lawsuits, legal settlements, news reports and other public accounts of alleged abuse, the attorneys said.

https://www.nj.com/news/2019/05/these-300-nj-priests-nuns-and-clergy-are-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-law-firm-says-see-the-full-list.html 

Demand for trial against clergy accused of abusing deaf kids

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- International and Argentine activists on Monday called on Pope Francis to ensure that his "zero tolerance" pledge against sexual abuses by clergy is enforced in his homeland and demanded a trial for those accused of raping deaf and mute children at a Catholic school.

https://couriernews.com/Content/Default/News/Article/Demand-for-trial-against-clergy-accused-of-abusing-deaf-kids/-3/12/55085

Disturbing undercover video shows elderly priest joking about his sexual abuse of deaf boys

An elderly Catholic priest, apparently in an Italian hospital, was caught in an undercover video laughing and joking about his own sexual assault of boys — along with assaults of other priests — at a diocesan home for deaf-mute children. The 2017 video shows Italian Father Eligio Piccoli recounting unapologetically -- almost boastfully -- how he abused boys.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/disturbing-undercover-video-shows-elderly-priest-joking-about-his-sexual-abuse-of-deaf-boys 

10 Catholic priests accused of sexual abuse worked in the North State

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento has released a list of 46 priests and other clergy that have been accused of sexual abuse. The list includes 10 priests and one deacon who worked in the North State. The list includes priests “credibly accused of sexual abuse of minors and young people,” according to a statement from Bishop Jaime Soto. “I am repulsed and heartbroken by the evil acts that were perpetrated upon the innocent by those entrusted with their care,” Soto wrote in a letter posted on the diocese website.

https://www.redding.com/story/news/2019/05/01/10-catholic-priests-accused-sexual-abuse-worked-north-state/3645660002/

Priest’s suicide draws attention to clerical sexual abuse in Ivory Coast

A Catholic priest in the Ivory Coast has committed suicide after allegations he had abused an underage girl. Father Richard Bilé served as the associate pastor at the St. Francis of Assisi parish in the village of Affiénou in the southwest of the country. He was found hanged on April 24 by the pastor of the church.

https://cruxnow.com/church-in-africa/2019/05/02/priests-suicide-draws-attention-to-clerical-sexual-abuse-in-ivory-coast/ 

Georgia Attorneys Launch Investigation Into Catholic Church Child Abuse

The Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia will review all records of potential child abuse in the Catholic church. In a decision announced Wednesday, the council, which represents the state’s district attorneys and solicitor-general offices, said it will take a look at all files, documents, and reports dealing with child abuse from the Archdiocese of Atlanta and the Diocese of Savannah.

https://www.gpbnews.org/post/georgia-attorneys-launch-investigation-catholic-church-child-abuse 

Four decades of depravity followed buried police report

One evening in 1962, three frightened girls gathered up their courage and made their way from the former Village of Blue Water to the Sarnia police station, then located on Front Street. They were there to report sexual abuse. Two things made their story especially disturbing. The girls were aged 11 to 13. And their abuser was a trusted parish priest.

https://thesarniajournal.ca/four-decades-of-depravity-followed-buried-police-report/ 

Australian Church to review governance after sex abuse inquiry

The Australian Catholic Church is continuing on its groundbreaking path toward a potential dramatic overhaul with the announcement that a panel of experts will thoroughly review the governance and management structures of Catholic dioceses and parishes.

https://cruxnow.com/church-in-oceania/2019/05/02/australian-church-to-review-governance-after-sex-abuse-inquiry/

Buffalo Diocese replaced one pedophile priest with another, lawsuit alleges

When Niagara Falls attorney Paul K. Barr was sexually abused by the Rev. Michael Freeman in 1980, the Diocese of Buffalo quietly transferred the priest. Diocesan leaders chose the Rev. Bernard M. Mach as his replacement -- but Mach was a pedophile, too. And when Barr confided in another church leader -- a youth minister at Sacred Heart Church -- about the abuse, Barr had no idea of knowing he was talking to someone who would also go on to be accused of sexually abusing minors.

https://www.wkbw.com/news/i-team/buffalo-diocese-replaced-one-pedophile-priest-with-another-lawsuit-alleges 

California law targets priests and will destroy Sacrament of Confession: Canon lawyer

A Dominican priest who teaches canon law warns that a bill being considered by California’s legislators requiring priests to report sins heard in the confessional regarding sexual abuse to the police not only presents Catholic clergy with an untenable choice but essentially annihilates the Sacrament of Penance, threatens religious liberty, and puts all religions at risk.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/california-law-will-target-catholic-priests-annihilate-the-sacrament-of-confession-canon-lawyer 

Catholic philosopher: Why I signed the open letter accusing Pope Francis of heresy

The Open Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church that was signed by a number of scholars and pastors, including me, furnishes clear evidence of heretical (not just erroneous) statements that may be found in the approved writings of Pope Francis, as well as evidence—in the form of repeated acts and omissions of governance—that he is fully aware of what is he promoting.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/im-a-catholic-philosopher-why-i-signed-the-open-letter-accusing-pope-francis-of-heresy

Grand jury indicts former Conroe priest on child sex abuse charges

A grand jury on Thursday indicted a former Conroe priest on charges stemming from child sex abuse allegations, according to court records. Manuel La Rosa-Lopez was indicted on two of the four counts of indecency with a child that led to his Sept. 11 arrest, records show. The two charges stem from incidents alleged to have happened to a female parishioner on April 9, 2000, while the cleric was assigned to Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Montgomery County.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Grand-jury-indicts-former-Conroe-priest-on-child-13815353.php 

Steve Israel: Real heroes of archdiocese sex abuse scandal — the victims

Imagine that you’re just a child, maybe 11, 12, 13 years old. You’re sexually abused by the man your family reveres so much — a priest — that they want you to be a priest like him. They’ve invited him for dinner, let him take you to Rye Playland and even let you spend the night at the rectory — where the priest abuses you. For years you keep that terrible secret bottled up. After all, who’s going to take the word of a kid over the word of a priest?

https://www.recordonline.com/opinion/20190502/steve-israel-real-heroes-of-archdiocese-sex-abuse-scandal---victims 

Child abuse 'NZ's dark side'

Dame Silvia opened the 10th Aus' /> Ending child abuse is New Zealand's "Holy Grail", Governor-General Dame Silvia Cartwright told a conference today. Dame Silvia opened the 10th Australasian Child Abuse and Neglect Conference in Wellington by acknowledging the child abuse issue was not new to New Zealand.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10368239

As women, the old men challenge – and the Church want to revolutionize

Which she will never forget: “In elementary school, we were asked children, what do we want to be. Chancellor, I said. Since I got a slap in the face. A woman as a Chancellor, then outside of every notion.” The slap missed the intended effect completely. From the self-conscious girl with a untamed a women’s rights activist with the determination of a field of the Lord, and the handshake of a Blacksmith. And a nun of the Benedictine order in the Abbey of St. Hildegard in Rüdesheim: sister Philippa Rath.

https://www.ccdiscovery.com/as-women-the-old-men-challenge-and-the-church-want-to-revolutionize 

California bill targets Catholic priests first, but rights of all religions are at risk

California is considering a proposed law that is nothing less than an attempt to jail innocent priests. California Senate Bill 360 seeks to change its law to force a priest, when he hears of sins in the confessional regarding sexual abuse, to make a choice. He must choose to either maintain the confidentiality of the sacrament and face possible imprisonment or to betray that confidentiality and violate his deepest conscience and the laws of God and the Roman Catholic Church. No priest I know would choose the latter.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2019/04/28/california-religious-freedom-catholic-sex-abuse-column/3574921002/ 

CBCP head bows in shame, begs for forgiveness over sexual abuses

Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines president last Saturday, again, asked for forgiveness for the Church pastors' abuses, especially sexual molestation against children. Asked about the abuses, Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles before delegates to the National Youth Day 2019 forum held in Cebu City said: "We bow in shame, we beg for forgiveness."

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/692654/cbcp-head-bows-in-shame-begs-for-forgiveness-over-sexual-abuses/story/ 

Michigan residents leaving the Catholic Church as many turn away from religion

The Catholic Church has loomed large over Gloria Emmons’ life. Growing up in metro Detroit in the 1950s and ’60s, her devout Catholic family was surrounded by other devout Catholics. Everybody went to church on Sundays. Nobody ate meat on Fridays. Almost every home had a statue of Mary.

https://www.mlive.com/news/2019/04/michigan-residents-leaving-the-catholic-church-as-many-turn-away-from-religion.html 

Spanish ex-school teacher gets 21 years in jail for sex abuse

A Barcelona court sentenced Monday a former gym teacher at a Catholic school to over 20 years in jail for sexually assaulting students, in the latest abuse scandal rocking the church in Spain. Joaquin Benitez, who taught for nearly three decades at a Barcelona school run by the Marist community, a Roman Catholic order at the centre of a clerical abuse scandal in Chile, got a jail term of 21 years and nine months for assaulting four students.

https://www.nepal24hours.com/spanish-ex-school-teacher-gets-21-years-in-jail-for-sex-abuse/ 

Cardinals kept in dark about Pope Francis’ plans to put evangelization ahead of doctrine

In the recent days, reports have come out about the soon-to-be-published Vatican document that will specify the curial reform that aims at emphasizing evangelization over doctrine as it has been planned for years by Pope Francis and his Council of Nine Cardinals (but now consisting of six cardinals).

https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/cardinals-kept-in-dark-about-pope-francis-plans-to-put-evangelization-ahead-of-doctrine

A Lawsuit Against All of California's Bishops Will Be Allowed to Proceed

Last year, a California man sued bishops from every one of California's 11 dioceses, arguing that the church's history of concealing abusers' identities is a threat to free speech. This month, a California judge ruled that some of the claims in the lawsuit would be allowed to proceed—a decision that could force church officials to release the names of alleged abusers in dioceses across the state.

https://psmag.com/news/a-lawsuit-against-all-of-californias-bishops-will-be-allowed-to-proceed