Clergy

The dual crises of the Catholic Church clergy abuse/coverup scandal & the Kavanaugh catholic all boys school culture are overwhelming for a feminist catholic lawyer who is trying to combat sexual violence & seek culture change while not losing my faith & hope for a better future

— Gretchen Hunt (@GretchenMHunt) September 18, 2018

Investigation of how Buffalo has handled clergy sex abuse in the :

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— Charlie Specht (@Charlie_Reports) September 18, 2018

AP story reveals played a leading role in the attempted cover-up of clergy sexual abuse in Argentina. Vatican has no comment.

— Michael Rezendes (@MikeRezendes) September 18, 2018

I was taught in Medieval Lit class that the codes associated with Chivalry were created by the clergy to control soldiers, who were doing way too much raping and slaughtering for the Church’s taste. It’s all about controlling violent men and giving them rules for how to behave.

— Marlee Berckmans (@BerckmansMarlee) September 18, 2018

There’s unexpected wisdom in his judging water’s wetness from the standpoint of water. Chemists, linguists, clergy and philosophers may differ in their views as to whether water is wet. But, being over 60% water, they must all judge its wetness from the standpoint of water.

— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) September 19, 2018

My father wrote to the clergy his Letter from Birmingham Jail. Now.. Robert W. Lee, IV.. has written the love letter to the church and to the South.. Both my father’s letter and Robert’s book deal with racism in America and point to our need for racial reconciliation-

— Rev. Rob Lee (@roblee4) September 19, 2018

Global crisis on clergy sex abuse. Moral authority of the Church imploding daily and aparatchiks have time for this!

— Edmund Adamus (@EdmundPAdamus) September 18, 2018

Building on prior report of major reshuffle atop NY Chancery ( ), Card Dolan just emailed the following to Gotham clergy; while Mustaciuolo remains “quarterback” on state probe/land deals, longtime Priests’ Council chair Fr Joe LaMorte becomes VG on Jan 1:

— Rocco Palmo (@roccopalmo) September 18, 2018

Baptist, Methodist, Episcopalian and Presbyterian Clergy Participate in Rally for Abortion

— LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) September 16, 2018

So I am Catholic, but is the Church okay with sexual assault by clergy or allegedly a Georgetown Prep graduate nominated for SCOTUS as long as they are against Roe v Wade?

— Robert Shrum (@BobShrum) September 19, 2018

Pope Francis meets in Rome with leaders of the American Catholic Church, as he struggles to contain an escalating clergy sexual abuse crisis

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) September 13, 2018

So according to this Mufti Sahib it is haram to be treated by an Ahmadi doctor. Just a friendly reminder - there is no concept of a clergy in Islam. You are allowed to think for yourself, in fact it is positively encouraged.

— Usman Ahmad (@UsmanAhmad_iam) September 18, 2018

Vatican struggles to deal w/ growing number of clergy abuse scandals but prepares to address them. I report from Rome, "There's a strong feeling [at the Vatican] ... Americans demand quick answers by the next news cycle. But that's sometimes impossible":

— Lauren Ashburn (@LaurenAshburn) September 11, 2018

Bishop Knestout of the Richmond Diocese said he would make public the names of clergy “credibly accused” of abuse because victims “need to see that someone is being held to account for the damage they have done in order for the victims to move forward.”

— Crux (@Crux) September 18, 2018

Big day tomorrow for who will be in Chicago meeting with clergy & community leaders about replicating the TenPoint model of putting boots on the ground to help curb the pattern of urban youth violence. A representative from IMPD will joining us.

— Rev Dr Charles Harrison (@charlesharriso5) September 19, 2018

This is a string example of why the February synod should cover ALL sexual disorder among clergy, not just abuse of minors and the “vulnerable”.

— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) September 18, 2018

You should never refer to "the ordained hierarchy" as "the Church." Even smart Catholics make this mistake. It's wrong. I'm not embarrassed by all the great saints, children, hard working dads, and sacrificial moms who are members of "the Church." The clergy are not "the Church."

— Taylor Marshall 🇺🇸 (@TaylorRMarshall) September 18, 2018