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The Rev. Michael Shanahan is struggling to find the Spanish word for pedophilia. First, he ad libs, referring in Spanish to the "crimes of the priests." Then, seeing the rows of blank faces, he resorts to saying pedophilia with a Spanish accent--which turns out to be right. A white...
Top Three Stories of the Week: 1)The Catholic Church scandal 2)The final Whitewater report 3)Denzel Washington and Halle Berry
The electronic missive was from Frank McCourt, the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir "Angela's Ashes." I had asked him to comment on the big story of the last few weeks - pederast/pedophile priests in the Catholic Church - and, earlier, he had offered up a few suggestions including bringing...
It has been the unwillingness of the Catholic hierarchy to take action on abusing clergy that has stored up problems for the church. In the case of Fortune, a BBC TV program last week alleged that he was abusing boys over a 20-year period, a situation that was so...
That was one of the first acknowledgments that showed how concerned the church has become, feeling that its moral authority has been undermined and recognizing that its clergy has been severely demoralized by the seemingly endless allegations. In England and Wales, the church has set up the Catholic Office for...