The priest is also facing charges related to child sexual abuse and possession of child pornography.

It should not surprise anyone to discover wickedness among the ranks of the Catholic priesthood. Everyone with a modicum of self-awareness already knows that wickedness is endemic to the human condition. For most of us, it is as easy to be selfish, angry, lustful or power-hungry as it is simply to be – a disposition

When we met my son Max in 2011, my wife and I knew nothing about Down’s syndrome. We knew only that we had adopted a beautiful baby boy, just a few days old, and that he had wires coming from his chest and tubes coming from his nose. We knew that his lungs had trouble