Hard Lessons of the McCarrick Affair

by George Weigel

McCarrick’s deceptions operated within a cultural matrix that enabled him to avoid the consequences of his depredations for decades.  Continue Reading »

18 Nov 2020

After the McCarrick Report

by Eric Banecker and Bryan Kerns

It is for us, in 2020, to begin to tell the truth to everyone, and about everything: the sex, the money, the lies, the cover-ups—from the narthex of the sleepiest parish to the halls of the Apostolic Palace. Continue Reading »

17 Nov 2020

Theodore McCarrick, Not John Paul II, Is the Story of the McCarrick Report

by George Weigel

Theodore McCarrick was not only a sexual predator; he was an accomplished, pathological liar. Continue Reading »

10 Nov 2020

The Battered Priesthood

by Thomas G. Guarino

The archbishop of New Orleans is seeking to laicize all clergy who have been removed from ministry because of credible accusations of sex abuse. Continue Reading »

5 Nov 2020

Scandal in South Carolina

by Christopher Tollefsen

Over and over again our bishops' failures of judgment have been ignored as “private” issues. Continue Reading »

6 Aug 2019

Shame Storm

by Helen Andrews

After a lifetime of impeccably correct opinions, Ian Buruma found himself on the wrong side of the liberal consensus in September 2018, when he was forced to resign as editor of the New York Review of Books for having commissioned a piece called “Reflections from a Hashtag” from the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2019

Bishops Unbound

by Bronwen McShea

In Before Church and State, Andrew Willard Jones describes a time when Christendom’s lay rulers were leaders in building the City of God. They “wielded the secular, temporal sword . . . bestowed on the Christian people by Christ himself.” In the medieval era, before sharp categorical . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2019

The Problem of Sexually Active Priests

by Rev. Thomas V. Berg

One fact that has been overlooked for too long is the connection between priests who abuse minors and priests who are sexually active with adults. Continue Reading »

23 Jul 2018

The Tragedy and Scandal of Cardinal Law

by Philip Lawler

The death of Cardinal Bernard Law prompts us to ask an old question: Why do good people do bad things?  Continue Reading »

21 Dec 2017

Sex, Scandal, and Politics

by R. R. Reno

Too many Republicans voted for Roy Moore—conservative voters are embracing the progressive spirit of transgression and rebellion.  Continue Reading »

14 Dec 2017