Scandal 2018

Clericalism & Ephebophilia “Fitzgibbons answers this question with devastating precision: “In treating priests who have engaged in pedophilia and ephebophilia, we have observed that these men almost without exception suffered from a denial of sin in their lives.” These priests rejected the Church’s teachings on sexual morality and adopted a “utilitarian sexual ethic.” https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/homosexual-predators-not-pedophile-priests-are-churchs-deadly-cancer Clericalism Worth…

2018 vs 2002 Scandals “Moreover, the cover up, the enabling of these child rapists goes all the way to the Vatican itself. What the Vatican is dealing with here goes beyond even the original child abuse scandal that threatened to swamp the Church some 15 years ago. While the first scandal was its own kind…

Secret Archives ” Furthermore there is to be a secret archive in every diocese where more sensitive materials are kept (cc. 489-490). The canons specify very few specific items that must be kept in the secret archives. These include internal forum matrimonial dispensations (c. 1082), secret marriages (c. 1133), dispensations from impediments to orders (cc. 1047-1048), decrees of dismissal…