The recent Lettergate scandal coupled with the US bishops inability to reveal the truth about the history of sexual abuse within their own dioceses leads one to ask “Is the Catholic Church able to tell the truth?” Lettergate has become a public relations nightmare after the Vatican selectively released portions of a letter that implied […]
Pope Benedict Orders Investigation of Legionnaires of Christ Sexual Abuse
In a somewhat surprising move, Pope Benedict has ordered an apostolic visitation of the controversal religious order, the Legionnaires of Christ whose controversial if not charismatic figure Marcial Maciel fathered at least one child and is said to have sexually abused seminarians under his tutelage. (Image courtesy of http://www.rawstory.com/) The controversial order was one of […]
Pope Benedict Resigns. But Why?
A week after the premiere of Alex Gibney’s new film, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation. This unprecedented move is the first papal resignation in almost 600 years and comes at a time when the church is riven by its role in countless child-abuse scandals. Mea […]
