https://news.yahoo.com/former-catholic-cardinal-age-93-170238070.html
The once-powerful Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick 93, will not stand trial on charges he sexually assaulted a teenage boy decades ago, a Massachusetts judge dismissed the case Prosecutors & defense attorneys agree he suffers from dementia. There was evidence Vatican & U.S. church leaders knew he slept with seminarians but turned a blind eye as McCarrick rose to the top of the U.S. church as an adept fundraiser who advised three popes #catholicchurchabuse
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How else will they know who to molest?
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Ramon Antonio Vargas: New Orleans archbishop ignored board findings on clerics accused of abuse

"A board which helps the Roman Catholic archbishop of New Orleans, Gregory Aymond, evaluate abuse allegations against priests and deacons in six cases found clergymen to be credibly accused only for Aymond to ignore the findings and conceal them from the public, a Guardian investigation has found."

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/08/new-orleans-archbishop-gregory-aymond-concealed-clerical-sex-abuse-claims

New Orleans archbishop ignored board findings on clerics accused of abuse

Gregory Aymond promised ‘to be transparent’ – but a Guardian investigation found that he hid allegations, and an expert questions whether it was against Vatican policy

The Guardian

Judge refuses to recuse herself from New Orleans clergy abuse case: Judge had been asked to recuse herself over donations she made to church run by archdiocese that employed admitted child abuser

"Attorneys for the archdiocese asked Milazzo to remain on the case, arguing in part that mere donations to an entity 'is not the type of financial interest that mandates disqualification'.

Milazzo issued a minute entry on Wednesday in which she indicated she would not take herself off the case. She has not ruled on whether the church’s secret files on how it managed Hecker’s career should be publicly disseminated."

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/06/new-orleans-clergy-abuse-case-judge-recusal

Judge refuses to recuse herself from New Orleans clergy abuse case

Judge had been asked to recuse herself over donations she made to church run by archdiocese that employed admitted child abuser

The Guardian

For many of us, the Catholic Church has become associated with clergy abuse and efforts to conceal it. This may be unfair, but automatic associations don't have to be fair or rational. This one spells trouble for the Church.

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https://medium.com/@atheistrevolution/most-priests-dont-abuse-children-but-catholicism-is-in-trouble-6315035c1737?sk=223f0fe16be976593dc7c87bb7239920