Another example of the dangers of hidden and protected sexual predators within the Catholic priesthood and various religious orders world-wide.
A March 15, 2016 article on www.aol.com quotes Pennsylvania Attorney General, Kathleen Kane, “Three members of a Franciscan religious order were criminally charged with conspiracy on Tuesday for letting a friar, who was a known predator, hold jobs in which he sexually abused more than 80 children.”
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Action News WPVI-TV in Philadelphia PA reported on September 16th that victims’ advocates have sought a Vatican inquiry into Cardinal Justin Rigali’s and Cardinal Raymond Burke’s behaviors while serving as archbishops respectively, in Saint Louis MO and Philadelphia PA and La Crosse Wisconsin and Saint Louis MO. The Catholic Whistleblowers’ Steering Committee is presenting evidence to the Congregation of Bishops in Vatican City for thorough investigations.As bishops, these men should have been protecting vulnerable children and adults from clergy sexual abuse,…..
A lot of people ask me, “Why did you write this book?”
Learning back in the late 80s that my own brother, a Catholic priest, was a child molester, completely stunned me, but I didn’t doubt my daughter’s words as she painfully spoke of her Uncle Norman’s behavior. I thank God she found the courage to tell me about him.
I called a close family friend who had been a good support through rough times in our lives, a priest…..
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