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Christopher R. Altieri

Why are the German bishops in tension with Rome? Follow the money
September 04, 2020
The Permanent Council of the German bishops’ conference met late in August. It was the first such gathering of the 27-member body since the Vatican Congregation for Clergy issued an Instruction on the reform and renewal of parish life the month before. As I noted last month in these pages, the document from Clergy told
Jeremy Leatherby: Details emerge of charges against excommunicated priest
August 12, 2020
Fr Leatherby denies allegations of sexual misconduct
Two dioceses and a college are in the spotlight after an abuse allegation
August 06, 2020
Last month the Catholic Herald published a major investigation into the handling – at several different levels of ecclesiastical governance – of an allegation of clerical sexual abuse. A young woman, Susanna (not her real name), alleges that the chaplain at Aquinas College in Nashville, Tennessee, Fr Kevin McGoldrick, sexually assaulted her in the rectory
A high-profile attorney decides not to wait for the McCarrick report
August 06, 2020
There’s still no McCarrick Report. In case, gentle reader, you are just a little late to the party: the McCarrick Report refers to the Vatican’s promised internal review of documents on file regarding the career of the US Church’s most notorious paedophile and pervert: Theodore Edgar “Uncle Ted” McCarrick, previously Cardinal-Archbishop of Washington, DC. Uncle
A vote for stability: The Vatican moves to help priests
August 06, 2020
The Congregation for Clergy issued an Instruction on July 20, addressing “The pastoral conversion of the Parish community in the service of the evangelising mission of the Church”. It is a remarkable document, not least for the quarter of the Vatican from which it came. Despite its name, the Congregation for Clergy is not so
The UISG apologises for a badly-named prayer event
August 06, 2020
The International Union of Superiors General of Women Religious (UISG) had a rough couple of days at the end of July, after they published a “call to prayer” they originally titled: “I can’t breathe”. If you’re wondering what’s wrong with that, the answer is: Nothing. The somewhat longer answer would be: Nothing, so long as
Vatican: Benedict XVI ‘recovering’, conditions ‘not grave’
August 03, 2020
"The condition of the pope emeritus' health does not raise any particular preoccupation, beyond those of a 93-year-old man who is coming through a more acute phase of an illness that is painful, but not grave."
McGoldrick case: Memo casts doubt on diocesan response
July 23, 2020
Documents obtained by the Catholic Herald cast doubt on the response the Diocese of Nashville has offered to allegations it mishandled an abuse claim against a priest ministering in the diocese. On Friday of last week, the Catholic Herald published an investigation into a young woman’s allegation that Fr Kevin McGoldrick sexually assaulted her in
Adult abuse case: accusations of grave mishandling across Church jurisdictions
July 18, 2020
Irregularities call into question not only the commitment of Church leadership to safeguarding of vulnerable adults, but the efficacy of safeguarding, reporting, and investigative procedures currently in place.
As an arrest is made, mystery still surrounds the Vatican’s London property deal
July 10, 2020
The Vatican has made an arrest in the ongoing case of a London real estate deal gone sideways. The suspect, it was announced by Vatican chief prosecutor Gian Piero Milano, is Italian financier Gianluigi Torzi, who stands formally charged with crimes including extortion, embezzlement, aggravated fraud and money-laundering, and faces 12 years in prison, if
The Supreme Court equality ruling may have far-reaching consequences
July 10, 2020
A US Supreme Court decision last month – the Bostock case – expanded the scope of federal civil rights legislation: it is now illegal to discriminate against employees on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. It was a controversial decision, both on legal grounds and because of its possible consequences. In his dissenting
When it appears, the McCarrick report is likely to have some major omissions
July 10, 2020
Among the many anniversaries in June 2020, one passed by entirely uncommented in the Vatican: Ted McCarrick’s first exposure as a pervert and criminal child abuser. One appreciates the Vatican’s reluctance to toot its own horn in these regards – it was anything but a given that they would choose the quiet route – but
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