Interviewed by John Allen First, on bishops’ accountability: Some would suggest the missing element in your analysis is the question of accountability for the bishops, which somehow has not been addressed. Do you share that? No. I gave a speech at the University of Dayton [about this] last month. I think to say, lay it…

Springfield bishop dissolves fund giving support to abusive clerics, removes priest critic from presbyteral council McDonnell said he had spoken to donors and they had agreed that the money should be used to provide scholarships for students in Catholic schools. The fund was established last fall by Bishop Thomas Dupre, who abruptly announced his retirement…

Has written a book. Reviewed in the WaPo. For Sanger, the solution lies in the field of evolutionary biology. Like many contemporary thinkers, he seems to have had a bit of a eureka moment in exploring this trendy academic field, which holds that people are motivated, in pretty much everything they do, by the urge…

Between the National Review Board and the bishops The high-profile lay committee investigating the clergy sex abuse scandals was “manipulated” by the bishops, who used the 13-member National Review Board for public relations cover while withholding key information from the panel. That charge was made in a March 30 letter from Anne Burke, the Illinois…

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