Continuing Church Scandals

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When the beloved community priest is implicated in a sex abuse scandal. Parishioners were shocked on Sunday, and some cried over the news, while others simply felt betrayed.

Following the first Sunday, since the latest Catholic Church scandal was reported, there is a growing concern about this continuing dangerous crimes.

From local parishes to the priests, allegations made by a Pennsylvania grand jury report has rocked the Roman Catholic Church. There are details of sexual abuse by priests over six dioceses molesting over 1,000 children since the 1940s.

Cleansing the Catholic Church of its sins. The Pennsylvania sex abuse scandal is, unfortunately, the most recent example of a vicious, destructive, evil circle. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/08/cleansing-the-catholic-chu…

Righteous anger; as Roman Catholics return to Church in wake of this scathing report. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/19/nyregion/catholic-church-sex-abuse-s…

The Pope's top adviser on clergy sexual abuse has canceled a trip to Ireland for a papal event because he must investigate sexual misconduct.

US officials have been largely silent about conducting other investigations like the one in Pennsylvania which uncovered widespread child sexual abuse in six Roman Catholic dioceses. In New York, the top prosecutor says she is exploring teaming up with the local district attorneys.

This comes months after Pope Francis ordered disgraced ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick to be removed from public ministry following allegations the 88-year-old retired archbishop sexually abused a teenage altar boy and also engaged in sexual misconduct with adult seminarians decades ago. Last month, The Pope accepted McCarrick's resignation as cardinal and ordered him to live on in prayer and penance.

Catholics consider withholding donations amid scandals https://www.apnews.com/7ddab5d7ca7a4ac8843209489cbc23a7

‘‘Wasted our lives’: Catholic sex abuse scandals again prompt a crisis of faith http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/BBM8gnJ?ocid=st

The Cardinal McCarrick scandal inflames a debate over gay priests https://www.apnews.com/b63b67d73c984845b84e656d773a4128

Pope on sex abuse: We showed no care for the little ones https://www.apnews.com/dece41de217149038463e0f1b39f42af