McCarrick

Why Hasn’t the Predatory Bishop Carlos Belo Been Defrocked?

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The hierarchy’s response to abuse has been more corporate than Catholic. As usual, Catholics have now learned about the predatory behavior of a prominent bishop not from Church officials but from the media. A Dutch magazine recently revealed that Bishop Carlos Belo of East Timor, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1996, is a … Read more

Another red hat for a McCarrick ally

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Four years have passed since Theodore McCarrick resigned from the College of Cardinals. We are still coping with the aftershocks of the scandal he caused. Moreover—the reason I write about this subject today—we are still coping with the clerical system that allowed that scandal to fester unchecked for so many years. A few months after … Read more